Species Detail - Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF) Database".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Rumex acetosa
Common Sorrel
NBNSYS0000003778 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
ruace
L.
Flowering plant
Species
4
3
1
29/07/2025
29/07/2025
1 January (recorded in 1970)
30 December (recorded in 2020)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF) Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa), accessed 25 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/441/Species/29170

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)