black wattle vs Narrow swordfern

Acacia celsa compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

• black wattle is Least Concern while Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black wattle	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Fabaceae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Acacia	Nephrolepis
Species	Acacia celsa	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

black wattle and Narrow swordfern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

black wattle

LC — Least Concern

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black wattle	Narrow swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black wattle

Habitat

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

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

black wattle

The black wattle (Acacia celsa) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.