Beggar'S-Buttons vs White Tubercled Crayfish

Arctium lappa compared with Procambarus spiculifer

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	White Tubercled Crayfish
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Cambaridae
Genus	Arctium	Procambarus
Species	Arctium lappa	Procambarus spiculifer

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

White Tubercled Crayfish

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	White Tubercled Crayfish
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).

White Tubercled Crayfish

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

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.