The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1829
Latest year: 1970

County Status
Native

Family
Osmundaceae

Total records held
10

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 0	4
Tetrads: 0	4
Hectads: 0	5

Conservation Status
AA

Account last edited
Dec 21 2003

Explanation of terms

Species Details

(Locally extinct) Royal Fern was a very rare native perennial of bogs and marshy woods. There are no recent records and only eight previous ones. Three of these probably represent planted records: Osmaston Ponds (SK24) in 1903, Brabyn’s Park (SJ9689) in 1984 & Beauchief Hall (SK3381) in 1970. The remaining records are for Castleton (SK18) 1903 in the north of the county, Darley Dale (SK26) 1903 in the centre and three from the south. These latter three are Brewards Carr (SK24), Shirley Wood (SK2042) and Hulland Carr (SK2645) all of which date from the late 19th century. The loss of this plant from our area was no doubt due to the activity of Victorian fern collectors.

This plant is in Category 4 of the local Red Data List, 2009.