Big-Leaf Maple vs

Acer macrophyllum compared with Limnothrix vacuolifera

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Cyanobacteriia
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Pseudanabaenales (Pseudanabaenales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Pseudanabaenaceae
Genus	Acer	Limnothrix
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Limnothrix vacuolifera

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

Found in 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.

Limnothrix vacuolifera is a planktonic filamentous cyanobacterium that possesses gas vacuoles enabling buoyancy regulation in the water column of freshwater lakes. It forms thin, unbranched trichomes and is found in eutrophic standing water bodies. Its conservation status is not evaluated.