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Spike Woodrush

Luzula congesta

824Records since 2000
JunePeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr3
May128
Jun304
Jul275
Aug72
Sep9
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland369
2Argyll and Bute Scotland124
3Worcestershire England38
4Sheffield England21
5Cumbria England15
6Powys Wales15
7Norfolk England10
8Fife Scotland9
9Cornwall England8
10Ceredigion Wales7
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
12Conwy Wales7
13Devon England6
14North Yorkshire England6
15Herefordshire, County of England6
233 England549 Scotland30 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
824
Peak month
June
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Luzula congesta
Group
Flowering plants
Most recorded in
Highland, Argyll and Bute
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Luzula
Name with authority
Luzula congesta (Thuill.) Lej.
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15512158 · GBIF 2700896