Bear-Grape vs Flat Wrack

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bear-Grape	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Ericaceae	Fucaceae
Genus	Arctostaphylos	Fucus
Species	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

Bear-Grape

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bear-Grape	Flat Wrack
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).

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).

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.