Bed-jacket vs Swamp Beacon

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Mitrula elegans

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Swamp Beacon is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Swamp Beacon
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Cenangiaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Mitrula
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Mitrula elegans

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Swamp Beacon

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Swamp Beacon
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.

Swamp Beacon

Habitat

Native to North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in 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.