Brittle Bladderfern vs Castor

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Ricinus communis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Castor
Kingdom same	Plantae (식물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Polypodiopsida (고사리강)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order	Polypodiales (고사리목)	Malpighiales (말피기아목)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Cystopteris	Ricinus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Ricinus communis

Evolutionary Relationship

Brittle Bladderfern and Castor share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (식물)

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Castor

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Castor
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brittle Bladderfern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Castor

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (33 countries), Asia (26 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (12 countries).

Brittle Bladderfern

The Brittle Bladderfern (Cystopteris tenuis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Castor

The Castor (Ricinus communis) is a species in the genus Ricinus. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and hi

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States