When it is recorded
Jan52
Feb58
Mar126
Apr181
May165
Jun119
Jul105
Aug82
Sep69
Oct60
Nov34
Dec31
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcestershire | England | 314 | |
| 2 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 88 | |
| 3 | North Yorkshire | England | 87 | |
| 4 | Highland | Scotland | 84 | |
| 5 | Herefordshire, County of | England | 51 | |
| 6 | Cumbria | England | 39 | |
| 7 | Powys | Wales | 23 | |
| 8 | Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 23 | |
| 9 | Sheffield | England | 18 | |
| 10 | Norfolk | England | 15 | |
| 11 | Telford and Wrekin | England | 11 | |
| 12 | Devon | England | 9 | |
| 13 | City of Edinburgh | Scotland | 7 | |
| 14 | Midlothian | Scotland | 7 | |
| 15 | Wrexham | Wales | 7 |
1,045 England254 Scotland49 Wales11 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,400
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 66
- Scientific name
- Polystichum aculeatum
- Group
- Ferns and horsetails
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 10,086
- Most recorded in
- Worcestershire, Argyll and Bute, North Yorkshire, Highland, Herefordshire, County of
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Polystichum
- Name with authority
- Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth
- Contributing datasets
- 35
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q28957 · GBIF 7319269