Flora of Northern Ireland
Polystichum lonchitis
© Alan Hill
Polystichum lonchitis
© Paul Hackney
Polystichum lonchitis
(Map updated: March 2008)
 

This fern has a somewhat prickly appearance to the leaves which gives the plant its English name. It is a species of base-rich rock outcrops and is restricted within Northern Ireland to some cliffs in the Lough Navar Forest area of Fermanagh, where it was discovered fairly recently.

All names: Polystichum lonchitis (L.) Roth; Aspidium lonchitis (L.) Sw.

NBN Atlas mapping: Species account : NBN Atlas UK Species Observations database

iNaturalist: Species account : iNaturalist World Species Observations database