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Toad Rush

Juncus bufonius

3,158Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
96Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb2
Mar5
Apr14
May167
Jun568
Jul710
Aug430
Sep187
Oct63
Nov13
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England794
2Highland Scotland197
3Argyll and Bute Scotland152
4Norfolk England115
5Powys Wales76
6Herefordshire, County of England62
7Telford and Wrekin England57
8Sefton England56
9Suffolk England55
10Devon England42
11Essex England41
12Cumbria England37
13Cambridgeshire England30
14Surrey England30
15Sheffield England27
2,319 England478 Scotland221 Wales22 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 96 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,158
Peak month
July
Counties with records
96
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Juncus bufonius
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
64,771
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Juncus
Name with authority
Juncus bufonius L.
Contributing datasets
46

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159152 · GBIF 6413649