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Field Wood-rush

Luzula campestris

9,310Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
117Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb23
Mar382
Apr2,376
May2,037
Jun1,321
Jul735
Aug375
Sep156
Oct43
Nov11
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,686
2Sefton England363
3Highland Scotland303
4Argyll and Bute Scotland292
5Powys Wales259
6Herefordshire, County of England253
7North Yorkshire England249
8Cumbria England200
9Devon England178
10Sheffield England174
11Norfolk England111
12Pembrokeshire Wales110
13Suffolk England103
14Telford and Wrekin England93
15Ceredigion Wales92
7,008 England1,001 Scotland741 Wales22 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,310
Peak month
April
Counties with records
117
Scientific name
Luzula campestris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
43,226
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Luzula
Name with authority
Luzula campestris (L.) DC.
Contributing datasets
48

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159413 · GBIF 2700828