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Long-bracted Sedge

Carex extensa

386Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
21Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr2
May10
Jun65
Jul75
Aug100
Sep93
Oct33
Nov1
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales49
2Sefton England35
3Cumbria England32
4Gwynedd Wales28
5Highland Scotland16
6Cambridgeshire England13
7Cornwall England12
8Argyll and Bute Scotland10
9East Lothian Scotland8
10Wirral England7
11Norfolk England5
12Devon England5
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland5
14Bristol, City of England4
15Lincolnshire England3
231 England41 Scotland100 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
386
Peak month
August
Counties with records
21
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Carex extensa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,353
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex extensa Gooden.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q160053 · GBIF 2726545