Barn Fern vs Eastern Mole

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Asplenium	Scalopus
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.