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Hairy Wood-rush

Luzula pilosa

1,787Records since 2000
MayPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb5
Mar77
Apr300
May407
Jun211
Jul151
Aug116
Sep42
Oct23
Nov11
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England386
2Argyll and Bute Scotland208
3Highland Scotland184
4Sheffield England47
5Herefordshire, County of England45
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland42
7Devon England41
8Perth and Kinross Scotland38
9North Yorkshire England33
10Cumbria England26
11Powys Wales25
12Aberdeenshire Scotland24
13Norfolk England21
14Telford and Wrekin England20
15Suffolk England16
1,054 England592 Scotland31 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,787
Peak month
May
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Luzula pilosa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
16,982
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Luzula
Name with authority
Luzula pilosa (L.) Willd.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159748 · GBIF 2700736