black wattle vs Floating Fern

Acacia plectocarpa compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• black wattle is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black wattle	Floating Fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Fabaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Acacia	Salvinia
Species	Acacia plectocarpa	Salvinia natans

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

black wattle

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black wattle	Floating Fern
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.

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 wattle

The black wattle (Acacia plectocarpa) 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.