Adder'S Fern vs False Serotine Bat

Polypodium vulgare compared with Hesperoptenus doriae

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	False Serotine Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Polypodium	Hesperoptenus
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Hesperoptenus doriae

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	False Serotine Bat
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).

False Serotine Bat

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.