Barn Fern vs Northern Birch Mouse

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Sicista betulina

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Northern Birch Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Northern Birch Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Asplenium	Sicista
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Sicista betulina

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Northern Birch Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Northern Birch Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Northern Birch Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine.

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.