Big-Leaf Maple vs Flag Iris

Acer macrophyllum compared with Iris pseudacorus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Flag Iris
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Sapindaceae	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Acer	Iris
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Iris pseudacorus

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Flag Iris

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Flag Iris
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.

Flag Iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

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.