Broken Hill Gidgee vs Ferny Azolla

Acacia loderi compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

• Broken Hill Gidgee is Near Threatened while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broken Hill Gidgee	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Fabaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Acacia	Azolla
Species	Acacia loderi	Azolla pinnata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Broken Hill Gidgee

NT — Near Threatened

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broken Hill Gidgee	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broken Hill Gidgee

Habitat

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

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

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.