Adder'S Fern vs Blistering Ammania

Polypodium vulgare compared with Ammannia baccifera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Adder'S Fern Blistering Ammania
Kingdom same Plantae (Plants) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Tracheophyta Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Polypodiales (Polypodiales) Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family Polypodiaceae Lythraceae
Genus Polypodium Ammannia
Species Polypodium vulgare Ammannia baccifera

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Adder'S Fern Blistering Ammania
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).

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

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.

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian

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