Adder'S Fern vs Bed-jacket

Polypodium vulgare compared with Alectryon tomentosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Bed-jacket
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Polypodium	Alectryon
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Alectryon tomentosus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Bed-jacket
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).

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

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.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.