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Spreading meadow grass

Poa humilis

1,298Records since 2000
JunePeak month
46Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr16
May159
Jun349
Jul290
Aug92
Sep31
Oct15
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England330
2Highland Scotland156
3Gwynedd Wales44
4Devon England39
5Sefton England37
6Cumbria England29
7Shetland Islands —27
8Norfolk England19
9North Yorkshire England17
10Dudley England17
11Pembrokeshire Wales16
12Powys Wales16
13Telford and Wrekin England16
14Essex England15
15Argyll and Bute Scotland15
892 England256 Scotland129 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 46 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,298
Peak month
June
Counties with records
46
Scientific name
Poa humilis
Also known as
Spreading Meadow-grass
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
16,657
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Poa
Name with authority
Poa humilis Ehrh. ex Hoffm.
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15514880 · GBIF 4120665