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Stiff sedge

Carex bigelowii

929Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May62
Jun226
Jul310
Aug181
Sep75
Oct3
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland463
2Perth and Kinross Scotland266
3Cumbria England59
4Stirling Scotland53
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland22
6Aberdeenshire Scotland15
7Argyll and Bute Scotland11
8Angus Scotland8
9Gwynedd Wales4
10Ceredigion Wales4
11Moray Scotland4
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
13North Yorkshire England2
14Scottish Borders Scotland2
15South Ayrshire Scotland1
62 England849 Scotland7 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
929
Peak month
July
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Carex bigelowii
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,962
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q598076 · GBIF 2722383