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Flat-sedge

Blysmus compressus

80Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
15Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May2
Jun27
Jul30
Aug16
Sep0
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England6
2Cumbria England6
3Sefton England6
4North Yorkshire England5
5Norfolk England4
6Hartlepool England4
7Cornwall England3
8Herefordshire, County of England3
9Redcar and Cleveland England2
10Suffolk England1
11Kent England1
12Oxfordshire England1
13Powys Wales1
14West Berkshire England1
15Scottish Borders Scotland1
76 England2 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
80
Peak month
July
Counties with records
15
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Blysmus compressus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
509
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Blysmus
Name with authority
Blysmus compressus (L.) Panz. ex Link

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q160494 · GBIF 2710650