Adder'S Fern vs Black-headed Heron

Polypodium vulgare compared with Ardea melanocephala

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Black-headed Heron
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Pelecaniformes (Pelecaniformes)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Ardeidae
Genus	Polypodium	Ardea
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Ardea melanocephala

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Black-headed Heron

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Black-headed Heron
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).

Black-headed Heron

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.

Black-headed Heron

The Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) is a species in the genus Ardea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.