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Wood Small-reed

Calamagrostis epigejos

674Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb4
Mar15
Apr37
May33
Jun59
Jul155
Aug172
Sep84
Oct42
Nov16
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England210
2Norfolk England53
3Suffolk England49
4Cumbria England20
5Northamptonshire England20
6Worcestershire England18
7North Yorkshire England15
8Rutland England11
9Bedford England10
10Essex England8
11Dorset England7
12Devon England7
13Lincolnshire England7
14Fife Scotland7
15Oxfordshire England6
598 England16 Scotland10 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
674
Peak month
August
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Calamagrostis epigejos
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,149
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire, Norfolk
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Calamagrostis
Name with authority
Calamagrostis epigejos (L.) Roth
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157988 · GBIF 6431455