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False Fox-sedge

Carex otrubae

2,785Records since 2000
JunePeak month
86Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb5
Mar20
Apr72
May348
Jun696
Jul688
Aug438
Sep172
Oct50
Nov11
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England147
2Suffolk England139
3Worcestershire England137
4Doncaster England104
5Norfolk England94
6Essex England80
7Portsmouth England80
8Telford and Wrekin England75
9Oxfordshire England66
10Sefton England63
11North Lincolnshire England39
12Argyll and Bute Scotland38
13Herefordshire, County of England30
14North Yorkshire England29
15Northamptonshire England27
2,524 England139 Scotland64 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,785
Peak month
June
Counties with records
86
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Carex otrubae
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
17,125
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex otrubae Podp.
Contributing datasets
41

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159247 · GBIF 2723259