Big-Leaf Maple vs

Acer macrophyllum compared with Hemiselmis amylifera

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Cryptophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Cryptophyceae (Cryptophyceae)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Pyrenomonadales (Pyrenomonadales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Chroomonadaceae
Genus	Acer	Hemiselmis
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Hemiselmis amylifera

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple
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.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.

Hemiselmis amylifera is a small, biflagellate cryptophyte alga found in marine and brackish coastal waters. Like other members of the genus Hemiselmis, it contains phycobiliprotein pigments and is a component of nanoplankton communities.