Agarwood vs Ferny Azolla

Aquilaria filaria compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Vulnerable while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Aquilaria	Azolla
Species	Aquilaria filaria	Azolla pinnata

Evolutionary Relationship

Agarwood and Ferny Azolla share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Agarwood

VU — Vulnerable

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agarwood	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Agarwood

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

Agarwood

The Agarwood (Aquilaria filaria) is a species in the genus Aquilaria. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.