Black Maple vs Spanish Iris

Acer nigrum compared with Iris xiphium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Maple	Spanish Iris
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Sapindaceae	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Acer	Iris
Species	Acer nigrum	Iris xiphium

Conservation Status

Black Maple

LC — Least Concern

Spanish Iris

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Maple	Spanish Iris
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.

Spanish Iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), 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.