picão-do-banhado vs coastal beggarticks

Bidens laevis compared with Bidens hyperborea

Key Differences

  • picão-do-banhado is Not Evaluated while coastal beggarticks is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank picão-do-banhado coastal beggarticks
Kingdom same Plantae (plantas) Plantae (plantas)
Phylum same Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers) Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family same Asteraceae (Daisy Family) Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus same Bidens Bidens
Species Bidens laevis Bidens hyperborea

Evolutionary Relationship

picão-do-banhado and coastal beggarticks share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Bidens.

Conservation Status

picão-do-banhado

NE — Not Evaluated

coastal beggarticks

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute picão-do-banhado coastal beggarticks
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

picão-do-banhado

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Japan, and United States.

coastal beggarticks

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

picão-do-banhado

The Bur Marigold (Bidens laevis) is a species in the genus Bidens. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

coastal beggarticks

Bidens hyperborea, the coastal beggarticks, is a rare annual herb in the family Asteraceae native to coastal wetland habitats of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, where it occurs in salt marsh margins, tidal river banks, and brackish wetland edges. The species belongs to a complex of annual Bidens species adapted to disturbed, muddy, or seasonally flooded habitats, and can be difficult to distinguish from related taxa. Like other beggarticks, it produces small yellow flower heads followed by barbed achenes equipped with two to four awns, which catch onto fur, feathers, or clothing for animal-mediated seed dispersal, a strategy reflected in the common name. Bidens hyperborea is uncommon to rare throughout its range and is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN, though it is considered a species of conservation concern in several states and provinces where it occurs. Coastal wetland habitats in eastern North America have experienced substantial reduction through filling, agricultural drainage, and development over the past century, and ongoing sea-level rise combined with saltwater intrusion threatens to alter the brackish wetland habitats where this species persists. The genus Bidens is distributed globally across temperate and tropical wetland habitats.

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