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Brown Sedge

Carex disticha

765Records since 2000
JunePeak month
53Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr15
May115
Jun237
Jul173
Aug113
Sep42
Oct4
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England132
2Cambridgeshire England45
3Fife Scotland40
4North Yorkshire England36
5Worcestershire England24
6East Lothian Scotland24
7Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland21
8Cumbria England15
9Scottish Borders Scotland13
10Isle of Anglesey Wales12
11Somerset England11
12Powys Wales11
13Bracknell Forest England11
14Sefton England10
15York England10
540 England121 Scotland50 Wales22 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
765
Peak month
June
Counties with records
53
Scientific name
Carex disticha
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,488
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex disticha Huds.
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159026 · GBIF 2725082