Adder'S Fern vs Blackboard Tree

Polypodium vulgare compared with Alstonia scholaris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Blackboard Tree
Kingdom same	Plantae (식물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Polypodiopsida (고사리강)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order	Polypodiales (고사리목)	Gentianales (용담목)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Polypodium	Alstonia
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Alstonia scholaris

Evolutionary Relationship

Adder'S Fern and Blackboard Tree share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (식물)

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Blackboard Tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adder'S Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (United States).

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Adder'S Fern

The Adder'S Fern (Polypodium vulgare) is a species in the genus Polypodium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies, found across Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States