Balkan Maple vs Yellow Soot Lichen

Acer hyrcanum compared with Calicium lucidum

Key Differences

• Balkan Maple is Least Concern while Yellow Soot Lichen is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Balkan Maple	Yellow Soot Lichen
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Caliciales (Caliciales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Caliciaceae
Genus	Acer	Calicium
Species	Acer hyrcanum	Calicium lucidum

Conservation Status

Balkan Maple

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Soot Lichen

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Balkan Maple	Yellow Soot Lichen
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Balkan Maple

Habitat

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

Yellow Soot Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Balkan Maple

The Balkan Maple (Acer hyrcanum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.