Brittle Bladderfern vs Hare's-tail

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Lagurus ovatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Hare's-tail
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Lagurus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Lagurus ovatus

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Hare's-tail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Hare's-tail
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.

Hare's-tail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Ecuador).

Brittle Bladderfern

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

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada 🇺🇸 United States