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Royal Fern

Osmunda regalis

1,063Records since 2000
JunePeak month
69Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb1
Mar2
Apr28
May129
Jun221
Jul200
Aug180
Sep111
Oct57
Nov27
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England95
2Highland Scotland78
3Cornwall England66
4Worcestershire England50
5Devon England37
6York England37
7Cumbria England35
8Somerset England31
9North Ayrshire Scotland31
10Herefordshire, County of England30
11Cheshire East England26
12Sefton England25
13Dorset England23
14Surrey England22
15Argyll and Bute Scotland22
598 England134 Scotland84 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,063
Peak month
June
Counties with records
69
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Osmunda regalis
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,023
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Osmundales
Family
Osmundaceae
Genus
Osmunda
Name with authority
Osmunda regalis L.
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q733398 · GBIF 8049341