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Great Wood-rush

Luzula sylvatica

4,470Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan78
Feb91
Mar334
Apr727
May726
Jun584
Jul597
Aug370
Sep261
Oct100
Nov52
Dec34

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland970
2Argyll and Bute Scotland502
3Worcestershire England295
4Sheffield England261
5Perth and Kinross Scotland185
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland91
7North Yorkshire England86
8Devon England80
9Cumbria England72
10Midlothian Scotland56
11Aberdeenshire Scotland50
12Powys Wales49
13East Lothian Scotland49
14Herefordshire, County of England45
15South Lanarkshire Scotland45
1,617 England2,310 Scotland150 Wales56 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,470
Peak month
April
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Luzula sylvatica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
23,441
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Luzula
Name with authority
Luzula sylvatica (Huds.) Gaudin
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q162491 · GBIF 2700859