Floating Fern vs Large False Serotine

Salvinia natans compared with Hesperoptenus tomesi

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Large False Serotine is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Large False Serotine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Salvinia	Hesperoptenus
Species	Salvinia natans	Hesperoptenus tomesi

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Large False Serotine

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Large False Serotine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Large False Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.