Adder'S Fern vs Dusky Dolphin

Polypodium vulgare compared with Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Dusky Dolphin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Polypodium	Lagenorhynchus
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Dusky Dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Dusky Dolphin
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).

Dusky Dolphin

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.