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Slender Spike-rush

Eleocharis uniglumis

133Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
25Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May17
Jun36
Jul46
Aug13
Sep3
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland15
2Cambridgeshire England11
3Highland Scotland9
4Moray Scotland9
5Cumbria England8
6Swansea Wales8
7Fife Scotland7
8Norfolk England4
9Sefton England4
10Carmarthenshire Wales4
11Suffolk England3
12Gwynedd Wales3
13Powys Wales3
14East Riding of Yorkshire England2
15Northamptonshire England2
61 England45 Scotland20 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
133
Peak month
July
Counties with records
25
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Eleocharis uniglumis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,705
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Eleocharis
Name with authority
Eleocharis uniglumis (Link) Schult.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161304 · GBIF 2717910