Brittle Bladderfern vs Eastern Mole

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Scalopus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Eastern Mole
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.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brittle Bladderfern

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