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Reed Canary-grass

Phalaris arundinacea

8,811Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
118Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan81
Feb89
Mar126
Apr301
May539
Jun1,602
Jul1,885
Aug1,665
Sep717
Oct181
Nov60
Dec42

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,010
2Powys Wales419
3Cambridgeshire England312
4Suffolk England288
5Norfolk England270
6Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland246
7Doncaster England232
8North Yorkshire England218
9Gwynedd Wales181
10Pembrokeshire Wales168
11Highland Scotland159
12Scottish Borders Scotland127
13Nottinghamshire England125
14Argyll and Bute Scotland123
15Herefordshire, County of England122
5,322 England945 Scotland1,442 Wales737 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 118 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,811
Peak month
July
Counties with records
118
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Phalaris arundinacea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
41,559
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Phalaris
Name with authority
Phalaris arundinacea L.
Contributing datasets
58

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157419 · GBIF 5289756