Adder'S Fern vs Forest Dormouse

Polypodium vulgare compared with Dryomys nitedula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Forest Dormouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Gliridae
Genus	Polypodium	Dryomys
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Dryomys nitedula

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Forest Dormouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Forest Dormouse
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).

Forest Dormouse

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.