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Oval Sedge

Carex leporina

2,462Records since 2000
JunePeak month
87Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar1
Apr11
May199
Jun679
Jul558
Aug224
Sep70
Oct22
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England589
2Argyll and Bute Scotland178
3Highland Scotland143
4Cumbria England71
5Powys Wales65
6North Yorkshire England45
7Herefordshire, County of England42
8Norfolk England38
9Telford and Wrekin England33
10Sheffield England32
11Pembrokeshire Wales30
12North Ayrshire Scotland30
13Doncaster England29
14Ceredigion Wales29
15Angus Scotland23
1,638 England526 Scotland196 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,462
Peak month
June
Counties with records
87
Scientific name
Carex leporina
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
22,155
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex leporina L.
Contributing datasets
49

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8285827