Centuryplant vs Pitch canker

Agave americana compared with Fusarium circinatum

Key Differences

• Centuryplant is Least Concern while Pitch canker is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Centuryplant	Pitch canker
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Hypocreales (Hypocreales)
Family	Asparagaceae	Nectriaceae
Genus	Agave	Fusarium
Species	Agave americana	Fusarium circinatum

Conservation Status

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Pitch canker

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Centuryplant	Pitch canker
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Centuryplant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Costa Rica), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Pitch canker

Habitat

Native to Africa and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, South Africa, and United States.

Centuryplant

The Centuryplant (Agave americana) is a species in the genus Agave. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to ['Albania', 'Algeria', 'Argentina', 'Australia', 'Belgium'].

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇿🇦 South Africa