Barn Fern vs Beautiful Pearl

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Agrotera nemoralis

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Beautiful Pearl is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Beautiful Pearl
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Crambidae
Genus	Asplenium	Agrotera
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Agrotera nemoralis

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Beautiful Pearl

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Beautiful Pearl
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Beautiful Pearl

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Barn Fern

The Barn Fern (Asplenium haughtonii) is a species in the genus Asplenium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Beautiful Pearl

The Beautiful Pearl (Agrotera nemoralis) is a species in the genus Agrotera. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.