Mexican azolla vs Water fern

Azolla mexicana compared with Azolla filiculoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mexican azolla	Water fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (bitki)	Plantae (bitki)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order same	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family same	Salviniaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus same	Azolla	Azolla
Species	Azolla mexicana	Azolla filiculoides

Evolutionary Relationship

Mexican azolla and Water fern share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Azolla.

Conservation Status

Mexican azolla

NE — Not Evaluated

Water fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mexican azolla	Water fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mexican azolla

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Colombia).

Water fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (27 countries), North America (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 9 countries:

🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇸🇪 Sweden