dryoptéris dilaté vs shaggy wood fern

Dryopteris dilatata compared with Dryopteris cycadina

Key Differences

• dryoptéris dilaté is Least Concern while shaggy wood fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	dryoptéris dilaté	shaggy wood fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (plante)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (Filicopsida)	Polypodiopsida (Filicopsida)
Order same	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family same	Dryopteridaceae	Dryopteridaceae
Genus same	Dryopteris	Dryopteris
Species	Dryopteris dilatata	Dryopteris cycadina

Evolutionary Relationship

dryoptéris dilaté and shaggy wood fern share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Dryopteris.

Conservation Status

dryoptéris dilaté

LC — Least Concern

shaggy wood fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	dryoptéris dilaté	shaggy wood fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

dryoptéris dilaté

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

shaggy wood fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Taiwan, and United Kingdom.

dryoptéris dilaté

The Broad Buckler Fern (Dryopteris dilatata) is a species in the genus Dryopteris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium