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Broad Buckler-fern

Dryopteris dilatata

10,227Records since 2000
MayPeak month
112Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan115
Feb152
Mar262
Apr834
May1,423
Jun1,349
Jul1,141
Aug1,092
Sep634
Oct365
Nov200
Dec126

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England2,095
2Highland Scotland580
3Sheffield England546
4Argyll and Bute Scotland533
5Cumbria England249
6North Yorkshire England219
7Sefton England210
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland186
9Telford and Wrekin England177
10Herefordshire, County of England156
11Powys Wales148
12Devon England139
13Norfolk England134
14North Ayrshire Scotland115
15Pembrokeshire Wales91
7,007 England2,299 Scotland478 Wales70 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 112 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,227
Peak month
May
Counties with records
112
Scientific name
Dryopteris dilatata
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
59,035
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Dryopteridaceae
Genus
Dryopteris
Name with authority
Dryopteris dilatata (Hoffm.) A.Gray
Contributing datasets
54

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q905897 · GBIF 5275103