Buttonhead Pipewort vs Eastern Mole

Eriocaulon heterolepis compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buttonhead Pipewort	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Eriocaulaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Eriocaulon	Scalopus
Species	Eriocaulon heterolepis	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Buttonhead Pipewort

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buttonhead Pipewort	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buttonhead Pipewort

Habitat

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

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buttonhead Pipewort

The Buttonhead Pipewort (Eriocaulon heterolepis) is a species in the genus Eriocaulon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.