Bishop's goutweed vs Pitch canker

Aegopodium podagraria compared with Fusarium circinatum

Key Differences

• Bishop's goutweed is Least Concern while Pitch canker is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bishop's goutweed	Pitch canker
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Apiales (Apiales)	Hypocreales (Hypocreales)
Family	Apiaceae	Nectriaceae
Genus	Aegopodium	Fusarium
Species	Aegopodium podagraria	Fusarium circinatum

Conservation Status

Bishop's goutweed

LC — Least Concern

Pitch canker

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bishop's goutweed	Pitch canker
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bishop's goutweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Pitch canker

Habitat

Native to Africa and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, South Africa, and United States.

Bishop's goutweed

The Bishop's goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria) is a species in the genus Aegopodium. 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 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇺🇸 United States