alpine lady's-mantle vs lizard crystalwort

Alchemilla alpina compared with Riccia bifurca

Key Differences

• alpine lady's-mantle is Least Concern while lizard crystalwort is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine lady's-mantle	lizard crystalwort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)
Order	Rosales (Roses & Allies)	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)
Family	Rosaceae (Rose Family)	Ricciaceae
Genus	Alchemilla	Riccia
Species	Alchemilla alpina	Riccia bifurca

Evolutionary Relationship

alpine lady's-mantle and lizard crystalwort share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

alpine lady's-mantle

LC — Least Concern

lizard crystalwort

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine lady's-mantle	lizard crystalwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine lady's-mantle

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada).

lizard crystalwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

alpine lady's-mantle

The Alpine lady's-mantle (Alchemilla alpina) is a species in the genus Alchemilla. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden