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Viviparous Fescue

Festuca vivipara

1,794Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar9
Apr4
May58
Jun382
Jul648
Aug329
Sep185
Oct35
Nov6
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland995
2Perth and Kinross Scotland418
3Argyll and Bute Scotland99
4Stirling Scotland63
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland61
6Cumbria England26
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland25
8Gwynedd Wales19
9Shetland Islands —17
10Scottish Borders Scotland12
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland7
12Aberdeenshire Scotland6
13Powys Wales4
14Conwy Wales4
15Angus Scotland3
39 England1,719 Scotland26 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,794
Peak month
July
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Festuca vivipara
Also known as
Viviparous Sheep's-fescue
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,322
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Festuca
Name with authority
Festuca vivipara (L.) Sm.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3480264 · GBIF 2704930