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Hard Rush

Juncus inflexus

6,248Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
97Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan81
Feb98
Mar173
Apr473
May674
Jun978
Jul1,041
Aug776
Sep381
Oct220
Nov85
Dec52

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England933
2Suffolk England393
3Cambridgeshire England266
4Norfolk England217
5Herefordshire, County of England175
6North Yorkshire England164
7Sefton England143
8Telford and Wrekin England130
9Essex England105
10Doncaster England105
11Halton England81
12Oxfordshire England73
13Portsmouth England70
14Rotherham England69
15Liverpool England66
5,808 England70 Scotland190 Wales24 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 97 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,248
Peak month
July
Counties with records
97
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Juncus inflexus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
34,400
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Juncus
Name with authority
Juncus inflexus L.
Contributing datasets
51

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161332 · GBIF 2701841