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White Sedge

Carex canescens

585Records since 2000
JunePeak month
32Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr12
May69
Jun199
Jul165
Aug48
Sep24
Oct3
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales112
2Isle of Anglesey Wales63
3Highland Scotland60
4Worcestershire England56
5Cumbria England48
6Gwynedd Wales27
7Powys Wales25
8Argyll and Bute Scotland19
9Cambridgeshire England17
10Norfolk England11
11Perth and Kinross Scotland10
12Pembrokeshire Wales9
13Conwy Wales8
14Carmarthenshire Wales6
15Hartlepool England6
207 England107 Scotland252 Wales1 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
585
Peak month
June
Counties with records
32
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Carex canescens
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,787
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Name with authority
Carex canescens L.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157766 · GBIF 2722942