Bermuda Maidenhair Fern vs Septicweed

Adiantum bellum compared with Senna occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bermuda Maidenhair Fern	Septicweed
Kingdom same	Plantae (thực vật)	Plantae (thực vật)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Lớp Dương xỉ)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Polypodiales (Bộ Dương xỉ)	Fabales (Bộ Đậu)
Family	Pteridaceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Adiantum	Senna
Species	Adiantum bellum	Senna occidentalis

Evolutionary Relationship

Bermuda Maidenhair Fern and Septicweed share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (thực vật)

Conservation Status

Bermuda Maidenhair Fern

LC — Least Concern

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bermuda Maidenhair Fern	Septicweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bermuda Maidenhair Fern

Habitat

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

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

Bermuda Maidenhair Fern

The Bermuda Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum bellum) is a species in the genus Adiantum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.