Floating Fern vs Kariba weed

Salvinia natans compared with Salvinia molesta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Kariba weed
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 molesta

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Kariba weed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Kariba weed
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).

Kariba weed

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (23 countries), Asia (14 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 12 countries:

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