Capon'S-Feather vs Ferny Azolla

Aquilegia vulgaris compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Capon'S-Feather	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Ranunculaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Aquilegia	Azolla
Species	Aquilegia vulgaris	Azolla pinnata

Evolutionary Relationship

Capon'S-Feather and Ferny Azolla share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Capon'S-Feather

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Capon'S-Feather	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Capon'S-Feather

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador).

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).

Capon'S-Feather

The Capon's-feather (Aquilegia vulgaris) is a species in the genus Aquilegia. It is currently classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States