Coast Myall vs Streamside Swordfern

Acacia binervia compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Key Differences

• Coast Myall is Least Concern while Streamside Swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coast Myall	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Fabaceae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Acacia	Nephrolepis
Species	Acacia binervia	Nephrolepis rivularis

Evolutionary Relationship

Coast Myall and Streamside Swordfern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Coast Myall

LC — Least Concern

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Coast Myall	Streamside Swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Coast Myall

Habitat

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

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Coast Myall

Coast myall (Acacia binervia) is a small to medium tree or tall shrub in the family Fabaceae, native to coastal and near-coastal regions of New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia. It grows in coastal heath, dry sclerophyll woodland, and scrubby vegetation on sandy or rocky substrates, often in association with banksias and eucalypts. Like most Australian wattles, coast myall produces phyllodes—flattened leaf-stalks functioning as leaves—rather than true compound leaves in mature plants. The dark green phyllodes are distinctive, with two main veins, giving rise to the species name binervia. Golden-yellow, spherical flower heads are produced in winter to spring, attracting native bees. The genus Acacia sensu lato encompasses hundreds of species across Australia and globally, many of which play important ecological roles in nitrogen cycling through root symbioses. Coast myall is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN. It is sometimes planted in coastal revegetation projects for its tolerance of poor, sandy soils, drought, and salt-laden winds.