alpine bittercress vs Hare's-tail

Cardamine bellidifolia compared with Lagurus ovatus

Key Differences

• alpine bittercress is Least Concern while Hare's-tail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine bittercress	Hare's-tail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Brassicaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Cardamine	Lagurus
Species	Cardamine bellidifolia	Lagurus ovatus

Conservation Status

alpine bittercress

LC — Least Concern

Hare's-tail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine bittercress	Hare's-tail
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.

Hare's-tail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Ecuador).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden