Adder'S Fern vs Alpine Rock-Cress

Polypodium vulgare compared with Arabis alpina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Alpine Rock-Cress
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Polypodium	Arabis
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Arabis alpina

Evolutionary Relationship

Adder'S Fern and Alpine Rock-Cress share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

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Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Alpine Rock-Cress

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Alpine Rock-Cress
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).

Alpine Rock-Cress

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina).

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.

Alpine Rock-Cress

The Alpine Rock-Cress (Arabis alpina) is a species in the genus Arabis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Widely distributed across Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina).