Barn Fern vs Globe Thistle

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Echinops ritro

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Globe Thistle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Globe Thistle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Tenrecidae
Genus	Asplenium	Echinops
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Echinops ritro

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Globe Thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Estonia, Russia, and United States.

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.