American Water Plantain vs Серая цапля

Alisma subcordatum compared with Ardea cinerea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Water Plantain	Серая цапля
Kingdom	Plantae (растения)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Liliopsida (лилиопсиды)	Aves (птицы)
Order	Alismatales (частухоцветные)	Pelecaniformes (пеликанообразные)
Family	Alismataceae	Ardeidae
Genus	Alisma	Ardea
Species	Alisma subcordatum	Ardea cinerea

Conservation Status

American Water Plantain

LC — Least Concern

Серая цапля

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Water Plantain	Серая цапля
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	95 cm
Average Weight	—	1.5 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Water Plantain

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Серая цапля

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

American Water Plantain

The American Water Plantain (Alisma subcordatum) is a species in the genus Alisma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Серая цапля

A large, elegant wading bird reaching up to 1 meter in height, gray herons inhabit wetlands, rivers, lakes, and coastal areas across Europe, Asia, and Africa. Patient, solitary hunters, they stand motionless for long periods before striking fish, frogs, and small mammals with lightning-fast dagger bill strikes. They nest colonially in tall trees in rookeries called heronries, sometimes shared with other colonial waterbirds. Widely distributed and of Least Concern globally.