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Broad-leaved Cottongrass

Eriophorum latifolium

147Records since 2000
JunePeak month
18Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr1
May15
Jun69
Jul25
Aug6
Sep8
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland35
2Worcestershire England18
3Argyll and Bute Scotland15
4Perth and Kinross Scotland14
5Cumbria England11
6North Yorkshire England9
7Powys Wales2
8Carmarthenshire Wales2
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland2
10Cambridgeshire England1
11Norfolk England1
12Dorset England1
13Devon England1
14City of Edinburgh Scotland1
15Gwynedd Wales1
62 England68 Scotland9 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
147
Peak month
June
Counties with records
18
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Eriophorum latifolium
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,524
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Eriophorum
Name with authority
Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161738 · GBIF 2730210