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Slender Sedge

Carex lasiocarpa

437Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
20Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May14
Jun129
Jul147
Aug93
Sep6
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England204
2Highland Scotland56
3Isle of Anglesey Wales48
4Gwynedd Wales35
5Worcestershire England18
6Argyll and Bute Scotland13
7Cumbria England8
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland8
9Dumfries and Galloway Scotland5
10Angus Scotland4
11North Yorkshire England3
12Pembrokeshire Wales3
13Ceredigion Wales3
14Cambridgeshire England2
15Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
251 England80 Scotland92 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
437
Peak month
July
Counties with records
20
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Carex lasiocarpa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,592
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158026 · GBIF 2728531