Bishop's Mitre vs Floating Fern

Aelia acuminata compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Bishop's Mitre is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bishop's Mitre	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Pentatomidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Aelia	Salvinia
Species	Aelia acuminata	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Bishop's Mitre

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bishop's Mitre	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bishop's Mitre

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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).

Bishop's Mitre

The Bishop's Mitre (Aelia acuminata) is a species in the genus Aelia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden