Bed-jacket vs Red-Head Pondweed

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Potamogeton richardsonii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Red-Head Pondweed
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Potamogetonaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Potamogeton
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Potamogeton richardsonii

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and Red-Head Pondweed share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Red-Head Pondweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Red-Head Pondweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

Red-Head Pondweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.