Big-Leaf Maple vs Few-flowered Fumitory

Acer macrophyllum compared with Fumaria vaillantii

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Few-flowered Fumitory is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Few-flowered Fumitory
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Papaveraceae
Genus	Acer	Fumaria
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Fumaria vaillantii

Evolutionary Relationship

Big-Leaf Maple and Few-flowered Fumitory share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Few-flowered Fumitory

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Few-flowered Fumitory
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

Few-flowered Fumitory

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate grasslands and steppes, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇺🇸 United States