Adder'S Fern vs Australasian Darter

Polypodium vulgare compared with Anhinga novaehollandiae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Australasian Darter
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Suliformes (Suliformes)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Anhingidae
Genus	Polypodium	Anhinga
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Anhinga novaehollandiae

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Australasian Darter

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Australasian Darter
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).

Australasian Darter

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

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.

Australasian Darter

The Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae) is a species in the genus Anhinga. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.