Beggar'S-Buttons vs giant apple snail

Arctium lappa compared with Pomacea maculata

Key Differences

• Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while giant apple snail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	giant apple snail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Ampullariidae
Genus	Arctium	Pomacea
Species	Arctium lappa	Pomacea maculata

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

giant apple snail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	giant apple snail
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).

giant apple snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Israel, Thailand, Vietnam), Europe (Norway, Sweden), and North America (United States).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States