Black Maple vs toothed wrack

Acer nigrum compared with Fucus serratus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Maple	toothed wrack
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Fucaceae
Genus	Acer	Fucus
Species	Acer nigrum	Fucus serratus

Conservation Status

Black Maple

LC — Least Concern

toothed wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Maple	toothed wrack
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.

toothed wrack

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

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.