Leather Wood Fern vs shaggy wood fern

Dryopteris marginalis compared with Dryopteris cycadina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Leather Wood Fern	shaggy wood fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (растения)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (папоротниковые)	Polypodiopsida (папоротниковые)
Order same	Polypodiales (многоножковые)	Polypodiales (многоножковые)
Family same	Dryopteridaceae	Dryopteridaceae
Genus same	Dryopteris	Dryopteris
Species	Dryopteris marginalis	Dryopteris cycadina

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Leather Wood Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

shaggy wood fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Leather Wood Fern	shaggy wood fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Leather Wood Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

shaggy wood fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Taiwan, and United Kingdom.