When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr129
May268
Jun265
Jul216
Aug156
Sep86
Oct27
Nov6
Dec2
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 208 | |
| 2 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 117 | |
| 3 | Worcestershire | England | 109 | |
| 4 | Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 51 | |
| 5 | Sheffield | England | 37 | |
| 6 | North Yorkshire | England | 29 | |
| 7 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 27 | |
| 8 | Fife | Scotland | 24 | |
| 9 | Cumbria | England | 20 | |
| 10 | Powys | Wales | 19 | |
| 11 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 19 | |
| 12 | East Ayrshire | Scotland | 18 | |
| 13 | West Lothian | Scotland | 17 | |
| 14 | South Lanarkshire | Scotland | 16 | |
| 15 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 15 |
555 England521 Scotland33 Wales10 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,347
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 70
- Scientific name
- Equisetum sylvaticum
- Group
- Ferns and horsetails
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 9,305
- Most recorded in
- Highland, Argyll and Bute, Worcestershire, Perth and Kinross
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Equisetales
- Family
- Equisetaceae
- Genus
- Equisetum
- Name with authority
- Equisetum sylvaticum L.
- Contributing datasets
- 33
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1355107 · GBIF 2687929