Beach Sunflower vs Eastern Mole

Helianthus debilis compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Beach Sunflower is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beach Sunflower	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Talpidae
Genus	Helianthus (Sunflowers)	Scalopus
Species	Helianthus debilis	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Beach Sunflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beach Sunflower	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beach Sunflower

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, South Korea), Europe (9 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beach Sunflower

The Beach Sunflower (Helianthus debilis) is a species in the genus Helianthus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.