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Slender Rush

Juncus tenuis

1,026Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
56Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan16
Feb23
Mar22
Apr36
May36
Jun131
Jul232
Aug244
Sep110
Oct48
Nov39
Dec19

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland253
2Sefton England93
3Highland Scotland72
4Worcestershire England62
5Surrey England36
6Cumbria England31
7Cambridgeshire England21
8Powys Wales12
9Norfolk England10
10Perth and Kinross Scotland9
11Telford and Wrekin England9
12Essex England8
13Cheshire East England8
14Devon England7
15York England7
593 England381 Scotland32 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,026
Peak month
August
Counties with records
56
Scientific name
Juncus tenuis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,271
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Juncus
Name with authority
Juncus tenuis Willd.
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q148097 · GBIF 2702084