Adder'S Fern vs Coppery Sprite

Polypodium vulgare compared with Arielulus cuprosus

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Coppery Sprite is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Coppery Sprite
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Polypodium	Arielulus
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Arielulus cuprosus

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Coppery Sprite

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Coppery Sprite
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).

Coppery Sprite

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.