Barn Fern vs Javan Rusa

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Rusa timorensis

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Javan Rusa is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Javan Rusa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Asplenium	Rusa
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Rusa timorensis

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Javan Rusa

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Javan Rusa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Javan Rusa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across Mauritius, New Zealand, and Norway. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.