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Purple Small-reed

Calamagrostis canescens

989Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar5
Apr5
May18
Jun125
Jul249
Aug412
Sep14
Oct8
Nov3
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England739
2Cambridgeshire England123
3Doncaster England50
4Worcestershire England39
5North Lincolnshire England4
6Suffolk England3
7Cumbria England3
8York England3
9Cheshire East England2
10Lincolnshire England1
11North Yorkshire England1
12Rotherham England1
981 England4 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
989
Peak month
August
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Calamagrostis canescens
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,777
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Doncaster
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Calamagrostis
Name with authority
Calamagrostis canescens (Weber) Roth
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159027 · GBIF 4108861