American Water Plantain vs cylindrical cone

Alisma subcordatum compared with Conus cylindraceus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Water Plantain	cylindrical cone
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Neogastropoda (Neogastropoda)
Family	Alismataceae	Conidae
Genus	Alisma	Conus
Species	Alisma subcordatum	Conus cylindraceus

Conservation Status

American Water Plantain

LC — Least Concern

cylindrical cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Water Plantain	cylindrical cone
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Water Plantain

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

cylindrical cone

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Mauritius), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Solomon Islands).

American Water Plantain

The American Water Plantain (Alisma subcordatum) is a species in the genus Alisma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.