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Remote Sedge

Carex remota

4,173Records since 2000
JunePeak month
92Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb22
Mar61
Apr210
May629
Jun817
Jul587
Aug514
Sep256
Oct95
Nov42
Dec13

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England805
2Norfolk England161
3Sheffield England129
4Herefordshire, County of England115
5Argyll and Bute Scotland95
6Essex England80
7Powys Wales80
8Suffolk England77
9Telford and Wrekin England70
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland69
11North Yorkshire England64
12Devon England60
13Sefton England57
14Pembrokeshire Wales48
15Surrey England46
3,504 England243 Scotland230 Wales77 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 92 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,173
Peak month
June
Counties with records
92
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Carex remota
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
27,388
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex remota L.
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159405 · GBIF 2727294