Bishop's goutweed vs limestone fern

Aegopodium podagraria compared with Gymnocarpium robertianum

Key Differences

• Bishop's goutweed is Least Concern while limestone fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bishop's goutweed	limestone fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Apiales (Apiales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Apiaceae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Aegopodium	Gymnocarpium
Species	Aegopodium podagraria	Gymnocarpium robertianum

Evolutionary Relationship

Bishop's goutweed and limestone fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Bishop's goutweed

LC — Least Concern

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bishop's goutweed	limestone fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bishop's goutweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

limestone fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Bishop's goutweed

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

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇨🇦 Canada 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden