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Hay-scented Buckler-fern

Dryopteris aemula

223Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb10
Mar11
Apr43
May25
Jun29
Jul31
Aug31
Sep15
Oct6
Nov5
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland75
2Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland24
3Devon England20
4Highland Scotland11
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland11
6Carmarthenshire Wales9
7Powys Wales6
8Pembrokeshire Wales3
9Cornwall England2
10Somerset England2
11Gwynedd Wales2
52 England120 Scotland20 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
223
Peak month
April
Counties with records
11
Scientific name
Dryopteris aemula
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,682
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Dryopteridaceae
Genus
Dryopteris
Name with authority
Dryopteris aemula (Aiton) Kuntze

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1872846 · GBIF 7319771