broom wattle vs Ferny Azolla

Acacia calamifolia compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	broom wattle	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 calamifolia	Azolla pinnata

Evolutionary Relationship

broom wattle and Ferny Azolla share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

broom wattle

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	broom wattle	Ferny Azolla
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.

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).

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.