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Wood Melick

Melica uniflora

2,652Records since 2000
MayPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb4
Mar29
Apr334
May680
Jun417
Jul229
Aug213
Sep113
Oct64
Nov26
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England551
2Herefordshire, County of England101
3Sheffield England88
4Essex England72
5Surrey England58
6Powys Wales51
7Oxfordshire England46
8North Yorkshire England42
9Cumbria England41
10West Berkshire England41
11Telford and Wrekin England39
12Devon England31
13Rotherham England28
14Kent England27
15Gloucestershire England26
2,381 England52 Scotland87 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,652
Peak month
May
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Melica uniflora
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
13,429
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Melica
Name with authority
Melica uniflora Retz.
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q162410 · GBIF 4116392