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Tufted Sedge

Carex elata

911Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
22Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar5
Apr16
May38
Jun117
Jul235
Aug297
Sep27
Oct16
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England589
2Worcestershire England77
3Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland72
4Cambridgeshire England30
5Cumbria England28
6Isle of Anglesey Wales16
7Doncaster England14
8Swansea Wales14
9Cheshire East England8
10Pembrokeshire Wales4
11Herefordshire, County of England4
12Lincolnshire England3
13Suffolk England2
14East Riding of Yorkshire England2
15North Yorkshire England2
795 England37 Wales73 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
911
Peak month
August
Counties with records
22
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Carex elata
Also known as
Tufted-sedge
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,970
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex elata All.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161128 · GBIF 2724729