Bracken vs Southern bracken fern

Pteridium aquilinum compared with Pteridium caudatum

Key Differences

• Bracken is Least Concern while Southern bracken fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bracken	Southern bracken fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order same	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family same	Dennstaedtiaceae	Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus same	Pteridium	Pteridium
Species	Pteridium aquilinum	Pteridium caudatum

Evolutionary Relationship

Bracken and Southern bracken fern share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Pteridium.

Conservation Status

Bracken

LC — Least Concern

Southern bracken fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bracken	Southern bracken fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bracken

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Iran, Turkey), Europe (6 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Southern bracken fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Bracken

The Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) is a species in the genus Pteridium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Ne

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇴 Colombia