Barn Fern vs Bed-jacket

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Alectryon tomentosus

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Bed-jacket is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Bed-jacket
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Asplenium	Alectryon
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Alectryon tomentosus

Evolutionary Relationship

Barn Fern and Bed-jacket share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Bed-jacket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

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.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.