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Pendulous Sedge

Carex pendula

9,859Records since 2000
MayPeak month
121Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan202
Feb277
Mar422
Apr1,669
May1,950
Jun1,451
Jul933
Aug876
Sep550
Oct400
Nov253
Dec181

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England666
2Sefton England630
3Essex England265
4Sheffield England225
5Cambridgeshire England188
6Herefordshire, County of England180
7Oxfordshire England179
8Surrey England175
9Suffolk England150
10Norfolk England146
11Devon England143
12Liverpool England132
13Kent England121
14Telford and Wrekin England104
15Cornwall England102
8,506 England182 Scotland213 Wales47 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 121 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,859
Peak month
May
Counties with records
121
Scientific name
Carex pendula
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
32,745
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex pendula Huds.
Contributing datasets
51

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1466032 · GBIF 2722051