Floating Fern vs Floating Fern

Salvinia natans compared with Salvinia nymphellula

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Floating Fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Floating Fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (พืช)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order same	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family same	Salviniaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus same	Salvinia	Salvinia
Species	Salvinia natans	Salvinia nymphellula

Evolutionary Relationship

Floating Fern and Floating Fern share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Salvinia.

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

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).

Floating Fern

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cote d'Ivoire and Malawi.