vs Big-Leaf Maple

Anathece smithii compared with Acer macrophyllum

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Big-Leaf Maple
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (بكتيريا زرقاء)	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)
Order	Synechococcales (متعاقبيات حبيبية)	Sapindales (صابونيات)
Family	Prochlorococcaceae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Anathece	Acer
Species	Anathece smithii	Acer macrophyllum

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Big-Leaf Maple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Sweden.

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

Anathece smithii is a colonial cyanobacterium forming small, irregularly rounded colonies embedded in mucilage in freshwater environments. It inhabits eutrophic to mesotrophic freshwater bodies including lakes and ponds across temperate regions. This photosynthetic prokaryote contributes to phytoplankton communities and nitrogen cycling in freshwater ecosystems.

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.