Bed-jacket vs Squirrel Corn

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Dicentra canadensis

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Squirrel Corn is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Squirrel Corn
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Papaveraceae
Genus	Alectryon	Dicentra
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Dicentra canadensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and Squirrel Corn share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Squirrel Corn

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Squirrel Corn
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.

Squirrel Corn

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.