Bright-Green Spleenwort vs Golden Rustyback Fern

Asplenium viride compared with Asplenium aureum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bright-Green Spleenwort	Golden Rustyback 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	Aspleniaceae	Aspleniaceae
Genus same	Asplenium	Asplenium
Species	Asplenium viride	Asplenium aureum

Evolutionary Relationship

Bright-Green Spleenwort and Golden Rustyback Fern share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Asplenium.

Conservation Status

Bright-Green Spleenwort

LC — Least Concern

Golden Rustyback Fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bright-Green Spleenwort	Golden Rustyback Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bright-Green Spleenwort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Golden Rustyback Fern

Habitat

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

Bright-Green Spleenwort

The Bright-Green Spleenwort (Asplenium viride) is a species in the genus Asplenium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.