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Perennial Rye-grass

Lolium perenne

15,637Records since 2000
JunePeak month
122Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan94
Feb125
Mar212
Apr451
May1,286
Jun3,307
Jul3,224
Aug1,885
Sep1,064
Oct434
Nov188
Dec103

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England2,586
2Herefordshire, County of England495
3Norfolk England456
4Oxfordshire England439
5Cambridgeshire England434
6North Yorkshire England336
7Essex England303
8Highland Scotland281
9Telford and Wrekin England242
10Powys Wales237
11Suffolk England232
12Argyll and Bute Scotland232
13Gloucestershire England218
14Sefton England192
15Devon England191
13,319 England1,336 Scotland593 Wales46 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 122 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
15,637
Peak month
June
Counties with records
122
Scientific name
Lolium perenne
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
74,252
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Lolium
Name with authority
Lolium perenne L.
Contributing datasets
61

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161722 · GBIF 2706241