Big-Leaf Maple vs Meadow Shade

Acer macrophyllum compared with Cnephasia pasiuana

Key Differences

Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Meadow Shade is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Meadow Shade
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Sapindaceae	Tortricidae
Genus	Acer	Cnephasia
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Cnephasia pasiuana

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Meadow Shade

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Meadow Shade
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.

Meadow Shade

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable 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.