Bishop's Mitre vs Delicate Horsetail

Aelia acuminata compared with Equisetum scirpoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bishop's Mitre	Delicate Horsetail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Equisetales (Equisetales)
Family	Pentatomidae	Equisetaceae
Genus	Aelia	Equisetum
Species	Aelia acuminata	Equisetum scirpoides

Conservation Status

Bishop's Mitre

LC — Least Concern

Delicate Horsetail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bishop's Mitre	Delicate Horsetail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bishop's Mitre

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Delicate Horsetail

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Bishop's Mitre

The Bishop's Mitre (Aelia acuminata) is a species in the genus Aelia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.