Floating Fern vs Green Sea Turtle

Salvinia natans compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Plantae (식물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Polypodiopsida (고사리강)	Reptilia (파충류)
Order	Salviniales (생이가래목)	Testudines (거북)
Family	Salviniaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Salvinia	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Salvinia natans	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Green Sea Turtle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Green Sea Turtle

초록바다거북은 가장 큰 바다거북 중 하나입니다. 등딱지가 아닌 연골과 지방의 녹색에서 이름이 유래했습니다.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇮🇩 Indonesia