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Sensitive fern

Onoclea sensibilis

92Records since 2000
JunePeak month
25Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr3
May20
Jun29
Jul16
Aug12
Sep7
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England11
2Essex England7
3Kent England6
4York England6
5Norfolk England4
6North Yorkshire England3
7Sefton England3
8Swansea Wales3
9Surrey England2
10Devon England2
11Gloucestershire England2
12Oxfordshire England1
13Highland Scotland1
14Cornwall England1
15Perth and Kinross Scotland1
14 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
92
Peak month
June
Counties with records
25
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Onoclea sensibilis
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
121
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Onocleaceae
Genus
Onoclea
Name with authority
Onoclea sensibilis L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q718312 · GBIF 2650903