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Jointed Rush

Juncus articulatus

6,027Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
106Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan19
Feb18
Mar36
Apr85
May332
Jun781
Jul1,454
Aug1,065
Sep524
Oct119
Nov36
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,072
2Highland Scotland485
3Argyll and Bute Scotland388
4Suffolk England270
5Powys Wales216
6Norfolk England197
7Perth and Kinross Scotland158
8North Yorkshire England147
9Cambridgeshire England139
10Cumbria England112
11Herefordshire, County of England107
12Gwynedd Wales91
13Ceredigion Wales73
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland69
15Telford and Wrekin England59
3,642 England1,468 Scotland606 Wales133 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 106 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,027
Peak month
July
Counties with records
106
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Juncus articulatus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
41,467
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Juncus
Name with authority
Juncus articulatus L.
Contributing datasets
58

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159141 · GBIF 2701261