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Tufted bulrush

Trichophorum caespitosum

1,055Records since 2000
JunePeak month
44Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb41
Mar10
Apr9
May63
Jun245
Jul172
Aug144
Sep121
Oct16
Nov2
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland173
2Powys Wales124
3North Yorkshire England79
4Ceredigion Wales72
5Devon England64
6Cumbria England45
7Pembrokeshire Wales39
8Carmarthenshire Wales36
9Aberdeenshire Scotland35
10Gwynedd Wales24
11Perth and Kinross Scotland23
12Surrey England21
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland20
14East Ayrshire Scotland20
15Dorset England15
364 England314 Scotland328 Wales33 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,055
Peak month
June
Counties with records
44
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Trichophorum caespitosum
Group
Flowering plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Trichophorum
Name with authority
Trichophorum caespitosum (L.) Hartman
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15565810 · GBIF 4270733