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Flea Sedge

Carex pulicaris

2,272Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr7
May143
Jun660
Jul738
Aug292
Sep146
Oct8
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland502
2Perth and Kinross Scotland266
3Pembrokeshire Wales226
4Worcestershire England166
5North Yorkshire England157
6Argyll and Bute Scotland143
7Cumbria England87
8South Ayrshire Scotland86
9Powys Wales60
10Cornwall England43
11Stirling Scotland29
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland28
13Isle of Anglesey Wales23
14Ceredigion Wales22
15Gwynedd Wales21
668 England1,126 Scotland427 Wales17 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,272
Peak month
July
Counties with records
48
Scientific name
Carex pulicaris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
13,763
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex pulicaris L.
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159239 · GBIF 2726956