Adder'S Fern vs Guemal

Polypodium vulgare compared with Hippocamelus bisulcus

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Guemal is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Guemal
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Polypodium	Hippocamelus
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Hippocamelus bisulcus

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Guemal

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Guemal
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).

Guemal

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.