Big-Leaf Maple vs stinking goosefoot

Acer macrophyllum compared with Chenopodium vulvaria

Key Differences

Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while stinking goosefoot is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	stinking goosefoot
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Acer	Chenopodium
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Chenopodium vulvaria

Evolutionary Relationship

Big-Leaf Maple and stinking goosefoot share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

View Class: Magnoliopsida

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

stinking goosefoot

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	stinking goosefoot
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.

stinking goosefoot

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad), Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile). 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.