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Saltmarsh Flat-sedge

Blysmus rufus

83Records since 2000
JunePeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May6
Jun29
Jul23
Aug10
Sep3
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland24
2Argyll and Bute Scotland24
3Cumbria England11
4Sefton England10
5East Lothian Scotland3
6Aberdeenshire Scotland2
7Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
8Fife Scotland1
9Wirral England1
24 England56 Scotland1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
83
Peak month
June
Counties with records
9
Scientific name
Blysmus rufus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,231
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Blysmus
Name with authority
Blysmus rufus (Huds.) Link

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159442 · GBIF 2710633