Big-Leaf Maple vs Slender Stonewort

Acer macrophyllum compared with Nitella gracilis

Key Differences

Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Slender Stonewort is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Slender Stonewort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Characeae
Genus	Acer	Nitella
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Nitella gracilis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

View Kingdom: Plantae

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Slender Stonewort

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Slender Stonewort
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.

Slender Stonewort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil). 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.