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Wood Meadow-grass

Poa nemoralis

1,094Records since 2000
JunePeak month
53Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar2
Apr32
May149
Jun202
Jul137
Aug113
Sep68
Oct15
Nov8
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England322
2Highland Scotland56
3Herefordshire, County of England36
4Perth and Kinross Scotland27
5Sheffield England19
6West Berkshire England16
7Oxfordshire England15
8North Yorkshire England14
9Powys Wales14
10Northamptonshire England12
11Telford and Wrekin England12
12Kent England10
13Dorset England10
14Fife Scotland10
15Surrey England9
900 England144 Scotland23 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,094
Peak month
June
Counties with records
53
Scientific name
Poa nemoralis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,737
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 nemoralis L.
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158894 · GBIF 2704300