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Tawny Sedge

Carex hostiana

1,065Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar4
Apr2
May40
Jun308
Jul330
Aug109
Sep68
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland197
2Worcestershire England127
3Pembrokeshire Wales111
4North Yorkshire England76
5Argyll and Bute Scotland69
6Cumbria England57
7Perth and Kinross Scotland54
8Powys Wales49
9South Ayrshire Scotland42
10Cambridgeshire England36
11Isle of Anglesey Wales17
12Swansea Wales16
13Ceredigion Wales13
14Devon England11
15Norfolk England8
388 England397 Scotland255 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,065
Peak month
July
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Carex hostiana
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,475
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex hostiana DC.
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q164838 · GBIF 2728963