Big-Leaf Maple vs Northern Emerald

Acer macrophyllum compared with Somatochlora arctica

Key Differences

Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Northern Emerald is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Northern Emerald
Kingdom	Plantae (thực vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (động vật Chân khớp)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (côn trùng)
Order	Sapindales (bộ Bồ hòn)	Odonata (Chuồn chuồn)
Family	Sapindaceae	Corduliidae
Genus	Acer	Somatochlora
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Somatochlora arctica

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Northern Emerald

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Northern Emerald
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

Northern Emerald

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Ukraine. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Northern Emerald

Northern Emerald (Somatochlora arctica) is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List. At high risk of extinction in the wild, with significant population decline and ongoing threats to survival.