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Fingered Sedge

Carex digitata

115Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar11
Apr55
May30
Jun4
Jul2
Aug4
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England47
2Gloucestershire England9
3Worcestershire England5
4Herefordshire, County of England4
5North Yorkshire England2
6Devon England1
113 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
115
Peak month
April
Counties with records
6
Scientific name
Carex digitata
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
277
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex digitata L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158237 · GBIF 2727038