Bear-Grape vs Dwarf Water Clover

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi compared with Marsilea minuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bear-Grape	Dwarf Water Clover
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Ericaceae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Arctostaphylos	Marsilea
Species	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Marsilea minuta

Evolutionary Relationship

Bear-Grape and Dwarf Water Clover share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

View Kingdom: Plantae

Conservation Status

Bear-Grape

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bear-Grape	Dwarf Water Clover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bear-Grape

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Bear-Grape

The Bear-Grape (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) is a species in the genus Arctostaphylos. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.