Boott'S Fern vs Eastern Spreading Wood Fern

Dryopteris boottii compared with Dryopteris campyloptera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boott'S Fern	Eastern Spreading Wood Fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (पादप)	Plantae (पादप)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order same	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family same	Dryopteridaceae	Dryopteridaceae
Genus same	Dryopteris	Dryopteris
Species	Dryopteris boottii	Dryopteris campyloptera

Evolutionary Relationship

Boott'S Fern and Eastern Spreading Wood Fern share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Dryopteris.

Conservation Status

Boott'S Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Spreading Wood Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boott'S Fern	Eastern Spreading Wood Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Boott'S Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Eastern Spreading Wood Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, and United States.

Boott'S Fern

The Boott'S Fern (Dryopteris boottii) is a species in the genus Dryopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada 🇺🇸 United States