Brittle Bladderfern vs Broken Hill Gidgee

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Acacia loderi

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Broken Hill Gidgee is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Broken Hill Gidgee
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	Acacia
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Acacia loderi

Evolutionary Relationship

Brittle Bladderfern and Broken Hill Gidgee share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Broken Hill Gidgee

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Broken Hill Gidgee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brittle Bladderfern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Broken Hill Gidgee

Habitat

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

Brittle Bladderfern

The Brittle Bladderfern (Cystopteris tenuis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Broken Hill Gidgee

The Broken Hill Gidgee (Acacia loderi) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.