Black Maple vs Floating Fern

Acer nigrum compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Black Maple is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Maple	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	Acer	Salvinia
Species	Acer nigrum	Salvinia natans

Evolutionary Relationship

Black Maple and Floating Fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Black Maple

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Maple	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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).

Black Maple

The Black Maple (Acer nigrum) 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.