Clinging Snakefern vs アメリカイソシギ

Microgramma heterophylla compared with Actitis macularius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clinging Snakefern	アメリカイソシギ
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Polypodiopsida (ウラボシ綱)	Aves (鳥類)
Order	Polypodiales (ウラボシ目)	Charadriiformes (チドリ目)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Scolopacidae
Genus	Microgramma	Actitis
Species	Microgramma heterophylla	Actitis macularius

Conservation Status

Clinging Snakefern

LC — Least Concern

アメリカイソシギ

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clinging Snakefern	アメリカイソシギ
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Clinging Snakefern

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Cuba.

アメリカイソシギ

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Clinging Snakefern

Clinging Snakefern, Microgramma species, is a genus of small epiphytic ferns in the family Polypodiaceae found in tropical and subtropical forests of the Americas, from Florida and the Caribbean through Central America to South America. The ferns cling tightly to tree bark and rock surfaces using creeping rhizomes with specialized clinging scales, making them true epiphytes that depend entirely on the host surface for physical support while deriving all their water and nutrients from rainfall and atmospheric deposition. The common name 'snakefern' refers to the slender, creeping rhizomes that resemble snakes threading through moss and bark. The fronds are small and simple, either entirely fertile bearing sori on their undersurface or sterile with entire margins. Clinging snakeferns contribute to the high epiphyte diversity of tropical forest canopies and are important components of the moss-and-lichen matrix on tree trunks in humid forests. They are sensitive to moisture availability and desiccation and are among the first species to decline when humid forest is cleared or fragmented. Several Microgramma species are used as ornamental plants in warm-climate gardens for their ability to creep over rocks and tree stumps. Conservation status varies by species within the genus.

アメリカイソシギ

アメリカイソシギ（Actitis macularius）はIUCNレッドリストで軽度懸念（LC）に分類される。分布域全体に広く分布して個体数が豊富であり、個体群は安定していて即座の保全上の懸念はない。