Clusterspike False Indigo vs

Amorpha crenulata compared with Eunotia elegans

Key Differences

• Clusterspike False Indigo is Critically Endangered while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clusterspike False Indigo
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Chromista (クロミスタ)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Ochrophyta (オクロ植物)
Class	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)	Bacillariophyceae (クサリケイソウ綱)
Order	Fabales (マメ目)	Eunotiales (Eunotiales)
Family	Fabaceae	Eunotiaceae
Genus	Amorpha	Eunotia
Species	Amorpha crenulata	Eunotia elegans

Conservation Status

Clusterspike False Indigo

CR — Critically Endangered

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clusterspike False Indigo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Clusterspike False Indigo

Habitat

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

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Clusterspike False Indigo

Amorpha crenulata, known as clusterspike false indigo or crenulate lead plant, is a critically endangered flowering shrub in the family Fabaceae with a highly restricted distribution confined to Miami-Dade County in southern Florida, USA. This species represents one of North America's rarest plants, with remaining populations numbering in the hundreds of individuals occurring in pine rockland habitat, an ecosystem itself ranked among the most imperiled in the United States. Pine rocklands are fire-dependent communities on exposed oolitic limestone, characterized by an open canopy of slash pine over diverse understory, and have been reduced to less than two percent of their historical extent by urban development in the Miami metropolitan area. Amorpha crenulata produces elongated spikes of small purple flowers typical of the genus and was historically more widespread across the Miami Rock Ridge before land development eliminated most habitat. Current populations exist primarily within Everglades National Park and a few private preserves. Its Critically Endangered status reflects the tiny remaining population, extreme habitat restriction, ongoing threats from urbanization, altered fire regimes, and sea-level rise that threatens low-elevation limestone habitats. Conservation efforts focus on habitat protection, controlled burning to maintain pine rockland structure, and ex situ seed banking.

Eunotia elegansはEunotiaceae科の羽状珪藻で、各極に短い縁辺ラフィーを持つ弓形（湾曲した）殻で区別されます。酸性の軟水湖、泥炭湿原、貧栄養淡水環境に生息し、着生藻類群集に貢献します。Eunotia属は水の酸性度と低イオン伝導率の有用な指標とみなされています。