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Silver Hair-grass

Aira caryophyllea

569Records since 2000
JunePeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May63
Jun157
Jul150
Aug44
Sep19
Oct5
Nov1
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England99
2Cornwall England71
3Scottish Borders Scotland48
4Highland Scotland34
5Suffolk England26
6Devon England20
7Sefton England18
8Powys Wales15
9Cumbria England13
10Argyll and Bute Scotland13
11Portsmouth England12
12Norfolk England11
13Surrey England9
14Fife Scotland8
15Cambridgeshire England6
394 England117 Scotland33 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
569
Peak month
June
Counties with records
48
Scientific name
Aira caryophyllea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,533
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Cornwall
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Aira
Name with authority
Aira caryophyllea L.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159058 · GBIF 7747216