The scientific classification of Mother Fern and Leatherwood Fern includes the entire classification chart that includes kingdom, family, clade, tribe etc. A kingdom is the second highest taxonomic rank. A taxonomic rank is the level that a living organisms are placed in hierarchical level of arrangement of life forms. All the living organisms are divided into kingdoms. Plant kingdom is a main classification of living organisms that include all plants. There are six kingdoms which are: Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Protista, Aschaea/Archaeabacteria and Bacteria Eubacteria. Mother Fern and Leatherwood Fern kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Mother Fern and Leatherwood Fern family is a major factor of Mother Fern and Leatherwood Fern Scientific Classification. Plant family helps you narrow the search of your plants. It also gives you idea about, how the plant looks, how the seed will be like etc. These two plant families can be different or same. Mother Fern belongs to the family Aspleniaceae and Leatherwood Fern belongs to the family Dennstaedtiaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Mother Fern and Leatherwood Fern genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Mother Fern and Leatherwood Fern, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Asplenium and other plant's genus is Pteridium Gleditsch. Mother Fern tribe is Not Available and Leatherwood Fern tribe is Not Available. Mother Fern clade is Eupolypods II and order is Polypodiales whereas Leatherwood Fern clade is Not Available and order is Polypodiales. Every plant have subfamilies. Mother Fern subfamilies are, Not Available and Leatherwood Fern subfamilies are Not Available. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Mother Fern and Leatherwood Fern and other products also.