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Soft Shield-fern

Polystichum setiferum

2,731Records since 2000
MayPeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan127
Feb142
Mar184
Apr372
May411
Jun210
Jul171
Aug192
Sep138
Oct106
Nov104
Dec111

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England448
2Herefordshire, County of England147
3Devon England129
4Sheffield England94
5Cornwall England59
6Pembrokeshire Wales54
7Telford and Wrekin England50
8North Yorkshire England39
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland37
10Somerset England35
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland35
12Norfolk England32
13Ceredigion Wales30
14Dorset England28
15Kent England23
2,266 England44 Scotland267 Wales47 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,731
Peak month
May
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Polystichum setiferum
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
19,775
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Dryopteridaceae
Genus
Polystichum
Name with authority
Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) T.Moore ex Woyn.
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2018810 · GBIF 4044517