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Sharp-flowered Rush

Juncus acutiflorus

5,653Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb9
Mar23
Apr56
May343
Jun1,023
Jul1,533
Aug936
Sep449
Oct100
Nov33
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England811
2Pembrokeshire Wales788
3Argyll and Bute Scotland318
4Powys Wales250
5Ceredigion Wales188
6Cumbria England170
7Norfolk England162
8Highland Scotland146
9Gwynedd Wales120
10North Yorkshire England101
11Devon England99
12Carmarthenshire Wales94
13Herefordshire, County of England86
14Cornwall England80
15South Ayrshire Scotland75
2,686 England1,068 Scotland1,666 Wales94 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,653
Peak month
July
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Juncus acutiflorus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
31,559
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Juncus
Name with authority
Juncus acutiflorus Ehrh. ex Hoffm.
Contributing datasets
59

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161333 · GBIF 2701571