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Rustyback

Asplenium ceterach

915Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan67
Feb52
Mar76
Apr118
May100
Jun72
Jul69
Aug80
Sep67
Oct56
Nov49
Dec48

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England93
2Sheffield England88
3Cumbria England83
4Somerset England34
5Powys Wales27
6Oxfordshire England26
7Bristol, City of England24
8Herefordshire, County of England24
9Gwynedd Wales22
10Devon England17
11Nottingham England13
12Dudley England13
13Argyll and Bute Scotland11
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland9
15North Yorkshire England8
749 England24 Scotland100 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
915
Peak month
April
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Asplenium ceterach
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,861
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Sheffield, Cumbria
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Aspleniaceae
Genus
Asplenium
Name with authority
Asplenium ceterach L.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1754958 · GBIF 2650617