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Bog-sedge

Carex limosa

175Records since 2000
JunePeak month
21Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May9
Jun54
Jul38
Aug43
Sep16
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland37
2Gwynedd Wales25
3Isle of Anglesey Wales24
4Cumbria England15
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland11
6Argyll and Bute Scotland8
7Powys Wales7
8North Yorkshire England6
9Perth and Kinross Scotland4
10Ceredigion Wales4
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland4
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland3
13Carmarthenshire Wales2
14North Ayrshire Scotland2
15Renfrewshire Scotland2
32 England58 Scotland64 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
175
Peak month
June
Counties with records
21
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Carex limosa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,305
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex limosa L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159734 · GBIF 2725881