Beggar'S-Buttons vs Utteridge's rough tree fern

Arctium lappa compared with Dicksonia utteridgei

Key Differences

• Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Utteridge's rough tree fern is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Utteridge's rough tree fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Cyatheales (Cyatheales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Dicksoniaceae
Genus	Arctium	Dicksonia
Species	Arctium lappa	Dicksonia utteridgei

Evolutionary Relationship

Beggar'S-Buttons and Utteridge's rough tree fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Utteridge's rough tree fern

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Utteridge's rough tree fern
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).

Utteridge's rough tree fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

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.