Adder'S Fern vs Agarwood

Polypodium vulgare compared with Aquilaria malaccensis

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Agarwood is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Agarwood
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Thymelaeaceae
Genus	Polypodium	Aquilaria
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Aquilaria malaccensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Adder'S Fern and Agarwood share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Agarwood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adder'S Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (United States).

Agarwood

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Taiwan. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Adder'S Fern

The Adder'S Fern (Polypodium vulgare) is a species in the genus Polypodium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies, found across Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway.

Agarwood

The Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) is a species in the genus Aquilaria. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.