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Hart's-tongue

Asplenium scolopendrium

15,670Records since 2000
MayPeak month
123Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan886
Feb924
Mar1,135
Apr1,869
May1,944
Jun1,591
Jul1,305
Aug1,441
Sep1,150
Oct932
Nov778
Dec820

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England910
2Devon England679
3Cornwall England545
4Sefton England496
5Somerset England431
6North Yorkshire England332
7Sheffield England329
8Kent England250
9Pembrokeshire Wales240
10Gloucestershire England234
11Herefordshire, County of England222
12Dorset England193
13Cumbria England187
14Argyll and Bute Scotland176
15Surrey England163
10,620 England756 Scotland932 Wales124 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 123 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
15,670
Peak month
May
Counties with records
123
Scientific name
Asplenium scolopendrium
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
40,693
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Aspleniaceae
Genus
Asplenium
Name with authority
Asplenium scolopendrium L.
Contributing datasets
50

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1130272 · GBIF 2650669