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Wood Club-rush

Scirpus sylvaticus

362Records since 2000
JunePeak month
33Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar4
Apr17
May43
Jun87
Jul58
Aug67
Sep19
Oct7
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England57
2Surrey England19
3East Lothian Scotland17
4Scottish Borders Scotland15
5North Yorkshire England11
6Powys Wales11
7Cumbria England7
8Midlothian Scotland6
9Suffolk England5
10Cheshire East England5
11Herefordshire, County of England5
12Kent England4
13Telford and Wrekin England4
14Wrexham Wales4
15Devon England3
267 England49 Scotland19 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
362
Peak month
June
Counties with records
33
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Scirpus sylvaticus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,041
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Scirpus
Name with authority
Scirpus sylvaticus L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159028 · GBIF 2720080