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Black Spleenwort

Asplenium adiantum-nigrum

2,423Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
93Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan151
Feb127
Mar174
Apr307
May250
Jun231
Jul245
Aug178
Sep165
Oct163
Nov114
Dec136

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England251
2Worcestershire England179
3Argyll and Bute Scotland169
4Highland Scotland93
5Sheffield England79
6Norfolk England54
7Cornwall England49
8Devon England47
9Bury England43
10North Yorkshire England35
11Somerset England34
12Nottingham England27
13Kingston upon Hull, City of England27
14City of Edinburgh Scotland25
15Powys Wales25
1,841 England435 Scotland92 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 93 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,423
Peak month
April
Counties with records
93
Scientific name
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
16,706
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Aspleniaceae
Genus
Asplenium
Name with authority
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum L.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q923786 · GBIF 2650594