Broadleaf Pondweed vs Eastern Mole

Stuckenia pectinata compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broadleaf Pondweed	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Potamogetonaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Stuckenia	Scalopus
Species	Stuckenia pectinata	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Broadleaf Pondweed

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broadleaf Pondweed	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broadleaf Pondweed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Broadleaf Pondweed

The Broadleaf Pondweed (Stuckenia pectinata) is a species in the genus Stuckenia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.