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White Beak-sedge

Rhynchospora alba

500Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
32Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar0
Apr1
May5
Jun66
Jul177
Aug148
Sep46
Oct14
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England90
2Highland Scotland72
3Argyll and Bute Scotland33
4Worcestershire England31
5Dorset England27
6Powys Wales22
7Surrey England17
8East Ayrshire Scotland17
9Gwynedd Wales14
10Ceredigion Wales12
11Cambridgeshire England10
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland10
13Carmarthenshire Wales8
14Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland7
15Mid Ulster Northern Ireland7
254 England145 Scotland65 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
500
Peak month
July
Counties with records
32
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Rhynchospora alba
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,953
Most recorded in
Cumbria, Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Rhynchospora
Name with authority
Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1276484 · GBIF 2721119