broom wattle vs Dwarf Water Clover

Acacia calamifolia compared with Marsilea minuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	broom wattle	Dwarf Water Clover
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Fabaceae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Acacia	Marsilea
Species	Acacia calamifolia	Marsilea minuta

Evolutionary Relationship

broom wattle and Dwarf Water Clover share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

broom wattle

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	broom wattle	Dwarf Water Clover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

broom wattle

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Colombia.

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

broom wattle

The Broom Wattle (Acacia calamifolia) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.