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Lemon-scented Fern

Oreopteris limbosperma

1,867Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
40Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar11
Apr39
May170
Jun339
Jul454
Aug315
Sep149
Oct41
Nov13
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland567
2Argyll and Bute Scotland372
3Worcestershire England230
4Perth and Kinross Scotland67
5Powys Wales59
6Cumbria England56
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland36
8Stirling Scotland28
9Gwynedd Wales26
10Sheffield England25
11North Ayrshire Scotland15
12Herefordshire, County of England11
13Scottish Borders Scotland10
14Devon England8
15North Yorkshire England8
561 England1,152 Scotland100 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,867
Peak month
July
Counties with records
40
Scientific name
Oreopteris limbosperma
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
14,621
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Thelypteridaceae
Genus
Oreopteris
Name with authority
Oreopteris limbosperma (All.) Holub
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2678657 · GBIF 2651495