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Heath Rush

Juncus squarrosus

5,286Records since 2000
JunePeak month
76Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan23
Feb91
Mar189
Apr88
May406
Jun1,243
Jul1,166
Aug637
Sep480
Oct91
Nov40
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,433
2Worcestershire England363
3Argyll and Bute Scotland333
4Powys Wales310
5Perth and Kinross Scotland300
6Cumbria England286
7North Yorkshire England191
8Ceredigion Wales117
9Pembrokeshire Wales97
10Devon England95
11Moray Scotland94
12Carmarthenshire Wales84
13Stirling Scotland73
14Sheffield England57
15Aberdeenshire Scotland49
1,827 England2,522 Scotland769 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,286
Peak month
June
Counties with records
76
Scientific name
Juncus squarrosus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
24,998
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Juncus
Name with authority
Juncus squarrosus L.
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161712 · GBIF 2701727