Bending Bittercress vs Black Maple

Cardamine flexuosa compared with Acer nigrum

Key Differences

• Bending Bittercress is Not Evaluated while Black Maple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bending Bittercress	Black Maple
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Brassicaceae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Cardamine	Acer
Species	Cardamine flexuosa	Acer nigrum

Evolutionary Relationship

Bending Bittercress and Black Maple share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Bending Bittercress

NE — Not Evaluated

Black Maple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bending Bittercress	Black Maple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bending Bittercress

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (8 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Venezuela).

Black Maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Bending Bittercress

The Bending Bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa) is a species in the genus Cardamine. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Black Maple

The Black Maple (Acer nigrum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada 🇺🇸 United States