Bird's Eye vs Floating Fern

Alectryon subcinereus compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Bird's Eye is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bird's Eye	Floating Fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Salvinia
Species	Alectryon subcinereus	Salvinia natans

Evolutionary Relationship

Bird's Eye and Floating Fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Bird's Eye

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bird's Eye	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bird's Eye

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Bird's Eye

The Bird's Eye (Alectryon subcinereus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.