Blunt Wattle vs Ferny Azolla

Acacia aprica compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

• Blunt Wattle is Endangered while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blunt Wattle	Ferny Azolla
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	Azolla
Species	Acacia aprica	Azolla pinnata

Evolutionary Relationship

Blunt Wattle and Ferny Azolla share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Blunt Wattle

EN — Endangered

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blunt Wattle	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blunt Wattle

Habitat

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

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).

Blunt Wattle

The Blunt Wattle (Acacia aprica) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.