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Bird's-foot Sedge

Carex ornithopoda

57Records since 2000
JunePeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb3
Mar5
Apr10
May11
Jun14
Jul4
Aug4
Sep1
Oct2
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England28
2Suffolk England1
3Worcestershire England1
4Leeds England1
5Conwy Wales1
6Bradford England1
40 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
57
Peak month
June
Counties with records
6
Scientific name
Carex ornithopoda
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
106
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex ornithopoda Willd.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q164827 · GBIF 2722950