Alpine Sulphur-Tresses vs hooked-pepperwort

Alectoria ochroleuca compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Alpine Sulphur-Tresses is Least Concern while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpine Sulphur-Tresses	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Tracheophyta
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Parmeliaceae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Alectoria	Marsilea
Species	Alectoria ochroleuca	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Alpine Sulphur-Tresses

LC — Least Concern

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpine Sulphur-Tresses	hooked-pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpine Sulphur-Tresses

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Alpine Sulphur-Tresses

The Alpine Sulphur-Tresses (Alectoria ochroleuca) is a species in the genus Alectoria. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region. Distributed across Colombia, Norway, Sweden, and United States.