Species Detail - Hard Shield-fern (Polystichum aculeatum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Flora of County Cavan".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Polystichum aculeatum
Hard Shield-fern
Aspidium aculeatum, Aspidium aculeatum subsp. lobatum, Aspidium lobatum, Aspidium spinulosum subsp. lobatum, Dryopteris lobata, Polypodium aculeatum, Polypodium lobatum, Polystichum aculeatum var. lobatum, Polystichum lobatum, Polystichum lobatum
N/A
poacu
(L.) Roth
fern
Species
22
12
4
01/01/1988
25/06/2000
27 January (recorded in 2019)
25 November (recorded in 2010)
National Botanic Gardens, Flora of County Cavan, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Hard Shield-fern (Polystichum aculeatum), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/183/Species/127362>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)