Adder'S Fern vs Black Maple

Polypodium vulgare compared with Acer nigrum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Black Maple
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	Acer
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Acer nigrum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Black Maple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Black Maple
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 Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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 Maple

The Black Maple (Acer nigrum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States