bristly bearberry vs Eastern Orange Tip

Arctostaphylos columbiana compared with Anthocharis damone

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bristly bearberry	Eastern Orange Tip
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Ericaceae	Pieridae
Genus	Arctostaphylos	Anthocharis
Species	Arctostaphylos columbiana	Anthocharis damone

Conservation Status

bristly bearberry

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Orange Tip

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bristly bearberry	Eastern Orange Tip
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bristly bearberry

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

Eastern Orange Tip

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Albania, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, and Serbia.

bristly bearberry

The Bristly bearberry (Arctostaphylos columbiana) is a species in the genus Arctostaphylos. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.