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Distant Sedge

Carex distans

265Records since 2000
JunePeak month
33Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May31
Jun87
Jul76
Aug41
Sep15
Oct3
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England47
2Cornwall England17
3Cumbria England13
4Dumfries and Galloway Scotland9
5Fife Scotland8
6Devon England7
7Argyll and Bute Scotland7
8Norfolk England5
9Suffolk England5
10Herefordshire, County of England4
11North Yorkshire England3
12Aberdeenshire Scotland3
13Portsmouth England3
14Oxfordshire England2
15Highland Scotland2
212 England36 Scotland5 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
265
Peak month
June
Counties with records
33
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Carex distans
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,014
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex distans L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159212 · GBIF 2726010