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Smooth-stalked Sedge

Carex laevigata

233Records since 2000
JunePeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr9
May41
Jun46
Jul23
Aug24
Sep11
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England76
2Argyll and Bute Scotland23
3Devon England13
4Highland Scotland8
5Pembrokeshire Wales6
6Cumbria England5
7Powys Wales4
8Aberdeenshire Scotland4
9Sheffield England4
10East Lothian Scotland3
11Norfolk England2
12Kent England2
13Cornwall England2
14Somerset England2
15Midlothian Scotland2
160 England43 Scotland16 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
233
Peak month
June
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Carex laevigata
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,623
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 laevigata Sm.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159931 · GBIF 2723508