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Greater Pond-sedge

Carex riparia

1,868Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
58Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb12
Mar39
Apr175
May274
Jun267
Jul283
Aug380
Sep139
Oct53
Nov10
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England213
2Suffolk England206
3Cambridgeshire England200
4Worcestershire England79
5Oxfordshire England60
6Monmouthshire Wales59
7Essex England38
8Pembrokeshire Wales35
9Powys Wales31
10Doncaster England28
11City of Edinburgh Scotland27
12Lincolnshire England26
13Kent England25
14North Lincolnshire England22
15Herefordshire, County of England19
1,603 England48 Scotland175 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,868
Peak month
August
Counties with records
58
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Carex riparia
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,439
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex riparia Curtis
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161125 · GBIF 2718117