alpine silverwort vs Flat Wrack

Anthelia julacea compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine silverwort	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Antheliaceae	Fucaceae
Genus	Anthelia	Fucus
Species	Anthelia julacea	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

alpine silverwort

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine silverwort	Flat Wrack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine silverwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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 silverwort

The Alpine silverwort (Anthelia julacea) is a species in the genus Anthelia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region. Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden