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Black Bog-rush

Schoenus nigricans

696Records since 2000
JunePeak month
32Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb4
Mar9
Apr19
May48
Jun227
Jul148
Aug92
Sep48
Oct4
Nov4
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland146
2Argyll and Bute Scotland98
3Norfolk England66
4Cornwall England63
5Isle of Anglesey Wales46
6South Ayrshire Scotland40
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland27
8Cambridgeshire England17
9Cumbria England15
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland12
11Dorset England11
12North Yorkshire England10
13Suffolk England9
14Worcestershire England9
15Devon England6
263 England340 Scotland57 Wales18 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
696
Peak month
June
Counties with records
32
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Schoenus nigricans
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,668
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Schoenus
Name with authority
Schoenus nigricans L.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159639 · GBIF 2709923