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Mountain Male-fern

Dryopteris oreades

62Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May5
Jun7
Jul8
Aug20
Sep7
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland13
2Worcestershire England13
3Cumbria England6
4Powys Wales6
5North Yorkshire England2
6Gwynedd Wales2
7Devon England1
8Fife Scotland1
9Aberdeenshire Scotland1
10Perth and Kinross Scotland1
11Ceredigion Wales1
12Stirling Scotland1
27 England17 Scotland9 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
62
Peak month
August
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Dryopteris oreades
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
829
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Dryopteridaceae
Genus
Dryopteris
Name with authority
Dryopteris oreades Fomin

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15547977 · GBIF 5653297