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Common Cottongrass

Eriophorum angustifolium

8,473Records since 2000
JunePeak month
85Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan135
Feb207
Mar98
Apr75
May661
Jun1,993
Jul1,802
Aug1,576
Sep832
Oct275
Nov81
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,787
2Ceredigion Wales402
3Perth and Kinross Scotland399
4Argyll and Bute Scotland397
5Worcestershire England371
6Cumbria England337
7North Yorkshire England291
8Powys Wales279
9Pembrokeshire Wales187
10Aberdeenshire Scotland171
11North Ayrshire Scotland155
12Carmarthenshire Wales140
13West Lothian Scotland139
14Isle of Anglesey Wales136
15Devon England107
3,036 England3,596 Scotland1,436 Wales98 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 85 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,473
Peak month
June
Counties with records
85
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Eriophorum angustifolium
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
27,751
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Eriophorum
Name with authority
Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.
Contributing datasets
50

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161783 · GBIF 2730127