When it is recorded
Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr46
May677
Jun1,581
Jul1,351
Aug762
Sep282
Oct32
Nov2
Dec1
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 928 | |
| 2 | Worcestershire | England | 632 | |
| 3 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 401 | |
| 4 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 329 | |
| 5 | Cumbria | England | 261 | |
| 6 | Ceredigion | Wales | 245 | |
| 7 | Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 192 | |
| 8 | Powys | Wales | 191 | |
| 9 | North Yorkshire | England | 183 | |
| 10 | Gwynedd | Wales | 85 | |
| 11 | Fermanagh and Omagh | Northern Ireland | 79 | |
| 12 | Sheffield | England | 76 | |
| 13 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 74 | |
| 14 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 71 | |
| 15 | Norfolk | England | 70 |
2,227 England2,116 Scotland1,174 Wales113 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 90 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 5,800
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 90
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Carex nigra
- Group
- Flowering plants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 30,786
- Most recorded in
- Highland, Worcestershire, Pembrokeshire, Argyll and Bute, Cumbria, Ceredigion, Perth and Kinross, Powys, North Yorkshire, Gwynedd, Fermanagh and Omagh, Sheffield +8
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
- Name with authority
- Carex nigra (L.) Reichard
- Contributing datasets
- 58
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158190 · GBIF 2724925