Button Dodder vs Eastern Mole

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Scalopus
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Button Dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Button Dodder

The Button Dodder (Cuscuta cephalanthi) is a species in the genus Cuscuta. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.