Delicate Horsetail vs Eastern Mole

Equisetum scirpoides compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Horsetail	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Equisetales (Equisetales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Equisetaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Equisetum	Scalopus
Species	Equisetum scirpoides	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Delicate Horsetail

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Horsetail	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Delicate Horsetail

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.