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Crested Buckler-fern

Dryopteris cristata

111Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr1
May1
Jun16
Jul13
Aug14
Sep40
Oct15
Nov5
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England90
2Powys Wales9
3Devon England1
4Gwynedd Wales1
92 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
111
Peak month
September
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Dryopteris cristata
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
101
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Dryopteridaceae
Genus
Dryopteris
Name with authority
Dryopteris cristata (L.) A.Gray

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1637866 · GBIF 5275110