bristly bearberry vs Vegetable fern

Arctostaphylos columbiana compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bristly bearberry	Vegetable fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Ericaceae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Arctostaphylos	Diplazium
Species	Arctostaphylos columbiana	Diplazium esculentum

Evolutionary Relationship

bristly bearberry and Vegetable fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

bristly bearberry

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bristly bearberry	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bristly bearberry

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

bristly bearberry

The Bristly bearberry (Arctostaphylos columbiana) is a species in the genus Arctostaphylos. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.