Alpine Rock-Cress vs Flat Wrack

Arabis alpina compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpine Rock-Cress	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Brassicaceae	Fucaceae
Genus	Arabis	Fucus
Species	Arabis alpina	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

Alpine Rock-Cress

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpine Rock-Cress	Flat Wrack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpine Rock-Cress

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina).

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).

Alpine Rock-Cress

The Alpine Rock-Cress (Arabis alpina) is a species in the genus Arabis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Widely distributed across Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina).