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Thin-spiked Wood-sedge

Carex strigosa

353Records since 2000
MayPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb3
Mar11
Apr40
May58
Jun48
Jul33
Aug45
Sep11
Oct11
Nov15
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England82
2Herefordshire, County of England51
3North Yorkshire England10
4Suffolk England6
5Rutland England6
6Telford and Wrekin England6
7Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland6
8Northamptonshire England5
9Oxfordshire England4
10Powys Wales4
11Norfolk England3
12Cheshire East England2
13Bath and North East Somerset England2
14Sheffield England2
15Surrey England1
323 England19 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
353
Peak month
May
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Carex strigosa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,779
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex strigosa Huds.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159673 · GBIF 2723315