Species Detail - Soft Shield-fern (Polystichum setiferum) - 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).
Polystichum setiferum
Soft Shield-fern
NHMSYS0000461949
RecommendedWell-formed
Aspidium aculeatum var. angulare (Kit. ex Willd.) H.C. Watson, Aspidium aculeatum var. angulare (Kit. ex Willd.) H.C.Watson, Aspidium angulare (Kit. ex Willd.) C. Presl, Aspidium angulare Kit. ex Willd., Aspidium angulare subsp. aculeatum (Kit. ex Willd.) Hook. f., Aspidium angulare subsp. aculeatum (Kit. ex Willd.) Hook.f., Dryopteris setifera (Forssk.) Woyn. ex Schinz & Thell., Dryopteris setifera (Forsskål) Woyn. ex Schinz & Thell., Dryopteris setifera subsp. angularis (Kit. ex Willd.) Maire, Polypodium aculeatum sensu L.(1754), non L.(1753) , Polypodium setiferum Forssk., Polystichum aculeatum auct., non (L.) Roth , Polystichum angulare (Willd.) C.Presl, Polystichum braunii auct. , Polystichum braunii auct., non (Spenn.) Fée , Polystichum setiferum (Forskal) Moore ex Woynar, Soft Shield-Fern , Soft-shield Fern
N/A
poset
(Forssk.) T. Moore ex Woyn.
Fern
Species
7
4
1
29/07/2025
29/07/2025
1 January (recorded in 1970)
22 December (recorded in 2020)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF) Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Soft Shield-fern (Polystichum setiferum), accessed 25 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/441/Species/127820