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Heath Wood-rush

Luzula multiflora

3,996Records since 2000
JunePeak month
77Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar7
Apr65
May520
Jun1,143
Jul834
Aug430
Sep216
Oct25
Nov3
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland889
2Worcestershire England564
3Pembrokeshire Wales278
4Argyll and Bute Scotland268
5Perth and Kinross Scotland189
6Powys Wales130
7North Yorkshire England105
8Cumbria England103
9Ceredigion Wales100
10Aberdeenshire Scotland46
11Gwynedd Wales43
12Suffolk England41
13Isle of Anglesey Wales40
14Norfolk England36
15Carmarthenshire Wales33
1,469 England1,693 Scotland688 Wales38 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,996
Peak month
June
Counties with records
77
Scientific name
Luzula multiflora
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
29,220
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Luzula
Name with authority
Luzula multiflora (Ehrh.) Lej.
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161291 · GBIF 2700934