Species Detail - Moonwort (Botrychium lunaria) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Vascular plants: Online Atlas of Vascular Plants 2012 Onwards".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Botrychium lunaria
Moonwort
Botrychium lunaria var. moorei, Botrychium lunatum nom. illegit., Botrychium matricariae sensu Druce, non (Schrank) Spreng., Botrychium matricariifolium auct., non (A. Braun) W.D.J. Koch, Botrychium matricarioides auct., non Willd., Botrychium neglectum, Botrychium neglectum, Botrychium ramosum auct., non (Roth) Asch., Botrychium rutaceum sensu Newman et auct., non (Lilj.) Sw., Ophioglossum lunaria, Ophioglossum pennatum nom. illegit., Osmunda lunaria, Osmunda lunata nom. illegit.
Threatened Species: Near threatened
bolun
(L.) Sw.
fern
Species
9
6
5
11/06/2016
05/06/2024
29 April (recorded in 2023)
18 August (recorded in 1999)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Vascular plants: Online Atlas of Vascular Plants 2012 Onwards, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Moonwort (Botrychium lunaria), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/409/Species/127373>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)