Adder'S Fern vs Globe Thistle

Polypodium vulgare compared with Echinops ritro

Key Differences

Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Globe Thistle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Globe Thistle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Tenrecidae
Genus	Polypodium	Echinops
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Echinops ritro

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Globe Thistle
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).

Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Estonia, Russia, and United States.

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.