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Slender Tufted-sedge

Carex acuta

394Records since 2000
JunePeak month
30Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr7
May30
Jun191
Jul46
Aug23
Sep18
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England117
2North Yorkshire England45
3Powys Wales39
4East Riding of Yorkshire England23
5Cambridgeshire England14
6Herefordshire, County of England11
7Gloucestershire England7
8York England7
9Norfolk England6
10Scottish Borders Scotland6
11Cumbria England5
12Doncaster England5
13Monmouthshire Wales5
14Surrey England4
15Highland Scotland4
326 England12 Scotland52 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
394
Peak month
June
Counties with records
30
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Carex acuta
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,878
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex acuta L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157908 · GBIF 2722833