Bermuda Maidenhair Fern vs Common Kidney-Vetch

Adiantum bellum compared with Anthyllis vulneraria

Key Differences

• Bermuda Maidenhair Fern is Least Concern while Common Kidney-Vetch is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bermuda Maidenhair Fern	Common Kidney-Vetch
Kingdom same	Plantae (نباتات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)
Class	Polypodiopsida (سراخس رقيقة المباغ)	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)
Order	Polypodiales (سرخسيات)	Fabales (فوليات)
Family	Pteridaceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Adiantum	Anthyllis
Species	Adiantum bellum	Anthyllis vulneraria

Evolutionary Relationship

Bermuda Maidenhair Fern and Common Kidney-Vetch share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (نباتات)

Conservation Status

Bermuda Maidenhair Fern

LC — Least Concern

Common Kidney-Vetch

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bermuda Maidenhair Fern	Common Kidney-Vetch
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bermuda Maidenhair Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Common Kidney-Vetch

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Asia (Japan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Bermuda Maidenhair Fern

The Bermuda Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum bellum) is a species in the genus Adiantum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Common Kidney-Vetch

Common Kidney-Vetch (<em>Anthyllis vulneraria</em>) is a flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, assessed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List due to habitat degradation and agricultural intensification across parts of its range. It is widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Asia (Japan), Europe (nine countries), North America (Canada and the United States), and Oceania (Australia), occupying six distinct biome types and occurring within the Indomalayan and Oceanian biogeographic realms. The species typically grows in dry, calcareous grasslands, coastal cliffs, sand dunes, and rocky slopes, often favoring nutrient-poor soils. It is an important larval food plant for certain butterfly species, particularly the Small Blue butterfly in Europe, and contributes to soil fertility through nitrogen fixation via root nodules. Its cheerful yellow, orange, or red flower heads make it a recognizable component of chalk and limestone grassland communities. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature.