Autumn Snowflake vs Flat Wrack

Acis autumnalis compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Autumn Snowflake	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Amaryllidaceae	Fucaceae
Genus	Acis	Fucus
Species	Acis autumnalis	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

Autumn Snowflake

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Autumn Snowflake	Flat Wrack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Autumn Snowflake

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

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).

Autumn Snowflake

The Autumn Snowflake (Acis autumnalis) is a species in the genus Acis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.