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Common Spike-rush

Eleocharis palustris

2,651Records since 2000
JunePeak month
89Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr24
May275
Jun661
Jul625
Aug386
Sep162
Oct31
Nov4
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England349
2Powys Wales143
3Norfolk England135
4Highland Scotland102
5Cambridgeshire England86
6Argyll and Bute Scotland85
7Suffolk England68
8Scottish Borders Scotland66
9Cumbria England59
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland55
11North Yorkshire England52
12Sefton England48
13Herefordshire, County of England43
14Doncaster England37
15Fife Scotland32
1,752 England430 Scotland308 Wales70 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 89 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,651
Peak month
June
Counties with records
89
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Eleocharis palustris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
19,379
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Eleocharis
Name with authority
Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult.
Contributing datasets
53

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159020 · GBIF 2717002