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Wavy Hair-grass

Avenella flexuosa

8,986Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
83Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan66
Feb215
Mar211
Apr105
May581
Jun1,568
Jul2,092
Aug1,536
Sep862
Oct226
Nov80
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,479
2Worcestershire England1,016
3Perth and Kinross Scotland489
4Argyll and Bute Scotland408
5Cumbria England374
6North Yorkshire England359
7Sheffield England322
8Powys Wales264
9Ceredigion Wales247
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland151
11East Ayrshire Scotland146
12Devon England145
13Aberdeenshire Scotland125
14Stirling Scotland119
15West Lothian Scotland92
4,608 England3,396 Scotland810 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 83 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,986
Peak month
July
Counties with records
83
Scientific name
Avenella flexuosa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,013
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Avenella
Name with authority
Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer
Contributing datasets
54

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q106580875 · GBIF 4149465