Species Detail - Hard Shield-fern (Polystichum aculeatum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Discrete vascular plant surveys".

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
2
2
1
01/07/2005
31/07/2005
27 January (recorded in 2019)
25 November (recorded in 2010)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Discrete vascular plant surveys, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Hard Shield-fern (Polystichum aculeatum), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/190/Species/127362>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)