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Polypody

Polypodium vulgare

3,274Records since 2000
MayPeak month
96Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan120
Feb174
Mar216
Apr315
May398
Jun313
Jul369
Aug263
Sep231
Oct150
Nov152
Dec98

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland478
2Worcestershire England426
3Argyll and Bute Scotland356
4Sefton England226
5Cumbria England121
6Devon England89
7Powys Wales62
8Herefordshire, County of England37
9Cornwall England35
10Gwynedd Wales31
11Norfolk England29
12North Yorkshire England27
13Perth and Kinross Scotland26
14St. Helens England24
15Sheffield England23
1,805 England1,123 Scotland143 Wales36 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 96 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,274
Peak month
May
Counties with records
96
Scientific name
Polypodium vulgare
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
52,655
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Polypodiaceae
Genus
Polypodium
Name with authority
Polypodium vulgare L.
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q743883 · GBIF 5274951