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Spiked Sedge

Carex spicata

815Records since 2000
JunePeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar0
Apr7
May88
Jun202
Jul138
Aug43
Sep29
Oct5
Nov1
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England260
2Telford and Wrekin England28
3Herefordshire, County of England19
4Oxfordshire England18
5Gloucestershire England13
6Essex England12
7Norfolk England11
8North Yorkshire England10
9Northamptonshire England9
10Bedford England9
11Powys Wales6
12Cambridgeshire England5
13Suffolk England5
14Surrey England5
15St. Helens England5
783 England1 Scotland7 Wales

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
815
Peak month
June
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Carex spicata
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,433
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 spicata Huds.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159055 · GBIF 2722210