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Limestone Fern

Gymnocarpium robertianum

163Records since 2000
JunePeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb4
Mar1
Apr1
May26
Jun37
Jul35
Aug12
Sep21
Oct20
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England61
2North Yorkshire England21
3Powys Wales11
4Monmouthshire Wales6
5Gloucestershire England4
6Somerset England2
7City of Edinburgh Scotland1
8Bristol, City of England1
137 England1 Scotland24 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
163
Peak month
June
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Gymnocarpium robertianum
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
451
Most recorded in
Cumbria
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Cystopteridaceae
Genus
Gymnocarpium
Name with authority
Gymnocarpium robertianum (Hoffm.) Newman

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2092520 · GBIF 2650841