Centuryplant vs Wall iris

Agave americana compared with Iris tectorum

Key Differences

Centuryplant is Least Concern while Wall iris is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Centuryplant	Wall iris
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Asparagaceae	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Agave	Iris
Species	Agave americana	Iris tectorum

Conservation Status

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Wall iris

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Centuryplant	Wall iris
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).

Wall iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across India, Malta, Taiwan, 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'].