Finger Flatsedge vs Green Sea Turtle

Cyperus digitatus compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

Finger Flatsedge is Least Concern while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Finger Flatsedge	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Plantae (식물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Liliopsida (백합강)	Reptilia (파충류)
Order	Poales (벼목)	Testudines (거북)
Family	Cyperaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Cyperus	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Cyperus digitatus	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

Finger Flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Finger Flatsedge	Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Finger Flatsedge

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), North America (Guatemala), Oceania and the Pacific (Palau), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Green Sea Turtle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.