Beggar'S-Buttons vs Forked Stagshorn

Arctium lappa compared with Calocera furcata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Forked Stagshorn
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Dacrymycetes (Dacrymycetes)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Dacrymycetales (Dacrymycetales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Dacrymycetaceae
Genus	Arctium	Calocera
Species	Arctium lappa	Calocera furcata

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Forked Stagshorn

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Forked Stagshorn
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).

Forked Stagshorn

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.