ハクトウワシ vs Clipweed

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Ephedra antisyphilitica

Key Differences

• ハクトウワシ is Not Evaluated while Clipweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	ハクトウワシ	Clipweed
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (鳥類)	Gnetopsida (グネツム綱)
Order	Accipitriformes (タカ目)	Ephedrales (Ephedrales)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Ephedraceae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Ephedra
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Ephedra antisyphilitica

Conservation Status

ハクトウワシ

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Clipweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	ハクトウワシ	Clipweed
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	28 years	—
Average Length	90 cm	—
Average Weight	5.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

ハクトウワシ

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Ecuador).

Clipweed

ハクトウワシ

アメリカの国鳥であり保全の成功を象徴するハクトウワシは翼開長が最大2.4 mに達し、北米全域の水辺近くの森林や湿地に生息する。強力な空中捕食者兼腐肉食者で魚を主食とするが、水鳥や腐肉も捕食する。DDT汚染と狩猟によって1960年代にほぼ絶滅に瀕したが、農薬の使用禁止と絶滅危惧種法の施行により劇的に回復した。

Clipweed

Clipweed (Ephedra antisyphilitica) is a leafless, photosynthetic shrub in the ancient gymnosperm family Ephedraceae, belonging to one of the oldest lineages of seed plants. Native to the arid and semi-arid regions of Texas, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, it grows on rocky slopes, desert grasslands, dry scrublands, and limestone outcrops at low to moderate elevations. The plant consists of jointed, broom-like green stems that perform photosynthesis in the absence of true leaves, which are reduced to small, papery scales at the nodes. Like other ephedras, clipweed produces alkaloids including ephedrine, historically used in traditional medicine to treat respiratory ailments and reportedly as a remedy for syphilis, hence its species epithet. Male and female strobili are borne on separate plants. The species is wind-pollinated and produces small, fleshy red seed cones. Clipweed is categorized as Least Concern given its relatively wide distribution across suitable Chihuahuan Desert habitats and its tolerance of poor, rocky soils that limit competition from other vegetation.