Bladder Fern vs Butterfly-leaf

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Adenolobus garipensis

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Butterfly-leaf is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Butterfly-leaf
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Cystopteris	Adenolobus
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Adenolobus garipensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Bladder Fern and Butterfly-leaf share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Butterfly-leaf

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Butterfly-leaf
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bladder Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Colombia).

Butterfly-leaf

Habitat

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

Bladder Fern

The Bladder Fern (Cystopteris fragilis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Butterfly-leaf

The Butterfly-leaf (Adenolobus garipensis) is a species in the genus Adenolobus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.