Barn Fern vs Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Andrena humilis

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Buff-tailed Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Asplenium	Andrena
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Andrena humilis

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Buff-tailed Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

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.

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

The Buff-Tailed Mining Bee (Andrena humilis) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.