marsh thistle vs Mountain Goat

Cirsium palustre compared with Oreamnos americanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	marsh thistle	Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Cirsium	Oreamnos
Species	Cirsium palustre	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

marsh thistle

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	marsh thistle	Mountain Goat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

marsh thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.