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Prickly Sedge

Carex muricata

263Records since 2000
JunePeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May10
Jun24
Jul11
Aug17
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England190
2Suffolk England12
3Telford and Wrekin England9
4Carmarthenshire Wales7
5Cambridgeshire England4
6Norfolk England4
7Surrey England3
8Portsmouth England3
9Essex England2
10City of Edinburgh Scotland2
11Powys Wales2
12Herefordshire, County of England2
13Dorset England1
14Cornwall England1
15East Lothian Scotland1
243 England4 Scotland6 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
263
Peak month
June
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Carex muricata
Group
Flowering plants
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex muricata L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158828 · GBIF 2722926