alpine lady's-mantle vs Floating Fern

Alchemilla alpina compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• alpine lady's-mantle is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine lady's-mantle	Floating Fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rosales (Roses & Allies)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Rosaceae (Rose Family)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Alchemilla	Salvinia
Species	Alchemilla alpina	Salvinia natans

Evolutionary Relationship

alpine lady's-mantle and Floating Fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

alpine lady's-mantle

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine lady's-mantle	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine lady's-mantle

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada).

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

alpine lady's-mantle

The Alpine lady's-mantle (Alchemilla alpina) is a species in the genus Alchemilla. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇫🇷 France 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden