alpine bittercress vs Coppery Sprite

Cardamine bellidifolia compared with Arielulus cuprosus

Key Differences

• alpine bittercress is Least Concern while Coppery Sprite is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine bittercress	Coppery Sprite
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Brassicaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Cardamine	Arielulus
Species	Cardamine bellidifolia	Arielulus cuprosus

Conservation Status

alpine bittercress

LC — Least Concern

Coppery Sprite

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine bittercress	Coppery Sprite
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine bittercress

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Coppery Sprite

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

alpine bittercress

The Alpine bittercress (Cardamine bellidifolia) is a species in the genus Cardamine. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.