When it is recorded
Jan5
Feb0
Mar4
Apr1
May150
Jun1,244
Jul1,127
Aug659
Sep341
Oct60
Nov11
Dec3
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 1,143 | |
| 2 | Worcestershire | England | 527 | |
| 3 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 368 | |
| 4 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 294 | |
| 5 | Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 202 | |
| 6 | Powys | Wales | 184 | |
| 7 | Cumbria | England | 175 | |
| 8 | Ceredigion | Wales | 121 | |
| 9 | Devon | England | 90 | |
| 10 | Gwynedd | Wales | 87 | |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | England | 80 | |
| 12 | Carmarthenshire | Wales | 69 | |
| 13 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 65 | |
| 14 | Stirling | Scotland | 49 | |
| 15 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 47 |
1,321 England2,037 Scotland864 Wales67 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 4,380
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 67
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Carex echinata
- Group
- Flowering plants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 23,977
- Most recorded in
- Highland, Worcestershire, Argyll and Bute, Pembrokeshire, Perth and Kinross, Powys, Cumbria, Ceredigion, Devon, Gwynedd, North Yorkshire, Carmarthenshire +1
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
- Name with authority
- Carex echinata Murray
- Contributing datasets
- 42
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158165 · GBIF 2726894