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Lesser Pond-sedge

Carex acutiformis

1,786Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
67Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb3
Mar12
Apr132
May255
Jun300
Jul327
Aug253
Sep103
Oct42
Nov6
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England386
2Worcestershire England234
3Cambridgeshire England82
4Suffolk England75
5Herefordshire, County of England36
6Pembrokeshire Wales34
7North Yorkshire England32
8Oxfordshire England27
9West Berkshire England26
10Telford and Wrekin England26
11Essex England25
12Doncaster England23
13Fife Scotland21
14Cumbria England18
15North Lincolnshire England18
1,531 England59 Scotland123 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,786
Peak month
July
Counties with records
67
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Carex acutiformis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,355
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex acutiformis Ehrh.
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157895 · GBIF 2723099