alpine bittercress vs Harmless Serotine

Cardamine bellidifolia compared with Eptesicus innoxius

Key Differences

• alpine bittercress is Least Concern while Harmless Serotine is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine bittercress	Harmless Serotine
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	Eptesicus
Species	Cardamine bellidifolia	Eptesicus innoxius

Conservation Status

alpine bittercress

LC — Least Concern

Harmless Serotine

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine bittercress	Harmless Serotine
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.

Harmless Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.