Beggar'S-Buttons vs Bladder Wrack

Arctium lappa compared with Fucus vesiculosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Bladder Wrack
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Fucaceae
Genus	Arctium	Fucus
Species	Arctium lappa	Fucus vesiculosus

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Bladder Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Bladder Wrack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Bladder Wrack

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Bladder Wrack

The Bladder Wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) is a species in the genus Fucus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.