American Water Plantain vs Variable Abalone

Alisma subcordatum compared with Haliotis varia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Water Plantain	Variable Abalone
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Lepetellida (Lepetellida)
Family	Alismataceae	Haliotidae
Genus	Alisma	Haliotis
Species	Alisma subcordatum	Haliotis varia

Conservation Status

American Water Plantain

LC — Least Concern

Variable Abalone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Water Plantain	Variable Abalone
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.

Variable Abalone

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Sri Lanka and Taiwan.

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.