black she-oak vs Ferny Azolla

Allocasuarina littoralis compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank black she-oak Ferny Azolla
Kingdom same Plantae (Plants) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order Fagales (Beeches & Oaks) Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family Casuarinaceae Salviniaceae
Genus Allocasuarina Azolla
Species Allocasuarina littoralis Azolla pinnata

Evolutionary Relationship

black she-oak and Ferny Azolla share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

black she-oak

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute black she-oak Ferny Azolla
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

black she-oak

Habitat

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

Range

Found in India.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

black she-oak

The Black she-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) is a species in the genus Allocasuarina. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Ferny Azolla

No description available.

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