Buttonhead Pipewort vs Ornate Shrew

Eriocaulon heterolepis compared with Sorex ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buttonhead Pipewort	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Eriocaulaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Eriocaulon	Sorex
Species	Eriocaulon heterolepis	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Buttonhead Pipewort

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buttonhead Pipewort	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buttonhead Pipewort

Habitat

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

Ornate Shrew

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.