Bed-jacket vs limestone fern

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Gymnocarpium robertianum

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while limestone fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	limestone fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Gymnocarpium
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Gymnocarpium robertianum

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and limestone fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	limestone fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

limestone fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.