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Bladder-sedge

Carex vesicaria

347Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
34Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May36
Jun61
Jul92
Aug34
Sep14
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England106
2Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland29
3Highland Scotland19
4Herefordshire, County of England19
5Gwynedd Wales13
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland13
7Cumbria England11
8Sheffield England10
9West Dunbartonshire Scotland10
10Powys Wales9
11Argyll and Bute Scotland8
12York England6
13Perth and Kinross Scotland4
14Carmarthenshire Wales4
15Suffolk England3
215 England66 Scotland28 Wales29 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
347
Peak month
July
Counties with records
34
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Carex vesicaria
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,646
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex vesicaria L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157765 · GBIF 2722046