Hare's-tail vs Vegetable fern

Lagurus ovatus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Hare's-tail is Not Evaluated while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hare's-tail	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Lagurus	Diplazium
Species	Lagurus ovatus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Hare's-tail

NE — Not Evaluated

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hare's-tail	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hare's-tail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Ecuador).

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇺🇸 United States