Big-Leaf Maple vs Killarney Featherwort

Acer macrophyllum compared with Plagiochila bifaria

Key Differences

Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Killarney Featherwort is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Killarney Featherwort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Plagiochilaceae
Genus	Acer	Plagiochila
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Plagiochila bifaria

Evolutionary Relationship

Big-Leaf Maple and Killarney Featherwort share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

View Kingdom: Plantae

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Killarney Featherwort

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Killarney Featherwort
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.

Killarney Featherwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Luxembourg, Norway, and Portugal. 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.