Bear-Grape vs Knapweed Carder-bee

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi compared with Bombus sylvarum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bear-Grape	Knapweed Carder-bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Ericaceae	Apidae (Bees)
Genus	Arctostaphylos	Bombus
Species	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Bombus sylvarum

Conservation Status

Bear-Grape

LC — Least Concern

Knapweed Carder-bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bear-Grape	Knapweed Carder-bee
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).

Knapweed Carder-bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

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.