Adder'S Fern vs Blue star

Polypodium vulgare compared with Amsonia orientalis

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Blue star is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Blue star
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Polypodium	Amsonia
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Amsonia orientalis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Blue star

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Blue star
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).

Blue star

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.

Blue star

The Blue star (Amsonia orientalis) is a species in the genus Amsonia. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.