Bed-jacket vs Bladder Fern

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Cystopteris fragilis

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Bladder Fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (planta)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Cystopteris
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Cystopteris fragilis

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and Bladder Fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (planta)

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Bladder Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

Bladder Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Colombia).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Bladder Fern

The Bladder Fern (Cystopteris fragilis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.