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Yorkshire-fog

Holcus lanatus

29,834Records since 2000
JunePeak month
124Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan75
Feb59
Mar160
Apr484
May3,005
Jun8,071
Jul6,663
Aug4,134
Sep1,965
Oct474
Nov138
Dec52

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England3,576
2Highland Scotland1,373
3Pembrokeshire Wales786
4Argyll and Bute Scotland782
5Norfolk England728
6North Yorkshire England708
7Cambridgeshire England601
8Devon England599
9Herefordshire, County of England591
10Powys Wales573
11Cumbria England562
12Scottish Borders Scotland516
13Sefton England507
14Suffolk England431
15Cornwall England411
20,487 England5,487 Scotland2,628 Wales158 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 124 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
29,834
Peak month
June
Counties with records
124
Scientific name
Holcus lanatus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
97,114
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Holcus
Name with authority
Holcus lanatus L.
Contributing datasets
64

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158110 · GBIF 2706164