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Green-ribbed Sedge

Carex binervis

2,642Records since 2000
JunePeak month
56Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb1
Mar17
Apr47
May292
Jun702
Jul645
Aug287
Sep136
Oct35
Nov13
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland974
2Argyll and Bute Scotland332
3Worcestershire England175
4Devon England141
5Perth and Kinross Scotland111
6Cumbria England79
7Powys Wales55
8South Ayrshire Scotland42
9Cornwall England38
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland35
11Stirling Scotland33
12Pembrokeshire Wales30
13Ceredigion Wales30
14North Yorkshire England25
15Swansea Wales24
751 England1,623 Scotland196 Wales21 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,642
Peak month
June
Counties with records
56
Scientific name
Carex binervis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
20,825
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex binervis Sm.
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q160245 · GBIF 2723521