Big-Leaf Maple vs Yellow Toadflax Smut

Acer macrophyllum compared with Melanotaenium cingens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Yellow Toadflax Smut
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Ustilaginales (Ustilaginales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Melanotaeniaceae
Genus	Acer	Melanotaenium
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Melanotaenium cingens

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Toadflax Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Yellow Toadflax Smut
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.

Yellow Toadflax Smut

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.