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Velvet Bent

Agrostis canina

3,598Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
63Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar8
Apr29
May225
Jun851
Jul979
Aug547
Sep320
Oct43
Nov14
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales639
2Worcestershire England405
3Highland Scotland396
4Ceredigion Wales357
5Perth and Kinross Scotland153
6Powys Wales147
7Isle of Anglesey Wales116
8Carmarthenshire Wales95
9North Yorkshire England88
10Gwynedd Wales83
11Devon England76
12Cumbria England70
13Herefordshire, County of England58
14Cornwall England42
15Argyll and Bute Scotland41
1,100 England817 Scotland1,621 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,598
Peak month
July
Counties with records
63
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Agrostis canina
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
16,073
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Agrostis
Name with authority
Agrostis canina L.
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159182 · GBIF 2706465