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Tunbridge Filmy-fern

Hymenophyllum tunbrigense

149Records since 2000
MayPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb12
Mar11
Apr12
May22
Jun8
Jul15
Aug7
Sep19
Oct9
Nov7
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland34
2Gwynedd Wales15
3Highland Scotland8
4Devon England8
5Carmarthenshire Wales8
6Cornwall England7
7Somerset England4
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland4
9Pembrokeshire Wales3
10Stirling Scotland3
11Cumbria England2
12Powys Wales1
13North Ayrshire Scotland1
53 England55 Scotland32 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
149
Peak month
May
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Hymenophyllum tunbrigense
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
296
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Hymenophyllales
Family
Hymenophyllaceae
Genus
Hymenophyllum
Name with authority
Hymenophyllum tunbrigense (L.) Sm.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3023471 · GBIF 2651315