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Long-stalked Yellow-sedge

Carex lepidocarpa

460Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May14
Jun139
Jul150
Aug91
Sep30
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England60
2Norfolk England45
3Highland Scotland44
4Perth and Kinross Scotland43
5North Yorkshire England35
6Argyll and Bute Scotland35
7Cumbria England31
8Worcestershire England21
9Isle of Anglesey Wales15
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland11
11Herefordshire, County of England10
12Powys Wales6
13East Lothian Scotland5
14Aberdeenshire Scotland5
15Stirling Scotland5
255 England153 Scotland28 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
460
Peak month
July
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Carex lepidocarpa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,959
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex lepidocarpa Tausch
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1504185 · GBIF 2725388