Species Detail - Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF) Database".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Pteridium aquilinum
Bracken
NBNSYS0000002031
RecommendedWell-formed
Allosorus aquilinus (L.) C.Presl, Allosorus aquilinus (L.) C. Presl, Asplenium aquilinum (L.) Bernh., Bracken / Fern , Brake , Eupteris aquilina (L.) Newm., Eupteris aquilina (L.) Newman, Ornithopteris aquilina (L.) J. Sm., Ornithopteris aquilina (L.) J.Sm., Paesia aquilina (L.) T.Moore, Paesia aquilina (L.) T. Moore, Polypodium austriacum Jacq., Pteris aquilina L., Pteris borealis nom. illegit. Salisb., Pteris foemina nom. illegit. Gray, Pteris lanuginosa Bory ex Willd.
N/A
ptaqu
(L.) Kuhn
Fern
Species
4
3
1
29/07/2025
29/07/2025
1 January (recorded in 1970)
27 December (recorded in 2003)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF) Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum), accessed 25 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/441/Species/127338