Narrow Buckler Fern vs shaggy wood fern

Dryopteris carthusiana compared with Dryopteris cycadina

Key Differences

• Narrow Buckler Fern is Least Concern while shaggy wood fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Narrow Buckler Fern	shaggy wood fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (plantas)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order same	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family same	Dryopteridaceae	Dryopteridaceae
Genus same	Dryopteris	Dryopteris
Species	Dryopteris carthusiana	Dryopteris cycadina

Evolutionary Relationship

Narrow Buckler Fern and shaggy wood fern share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Dryopteris.

Conservation Status

Narrow Buckler Fern

LC — Least Concern

shaggy wood fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Narrow Buckler Fern	shaggy wood fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Narrow Buckler Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

shaggy wood fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Taiwan, and United Kingdom.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium