Bittercress vs Diminutive Serotine

Cardamine hirsuta compared with Eptesicus diminutus

Key Differences

• Bittercress is Least Concern while Diminutive Serotine is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bittercress	Diminutive Serotine
Kingdom	Plantae (растения)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Brassicales (капустоцветные)	Chiroptera (рукокрылые)
Family	Brassicaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Cardamine	Eptesicus
Species	Cardamine hirsuta	Eptesicus diminutus

Conservation Status

Bittercress

LC — Least Concern

Diminutive Serotine

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bittercress	Diminutive Serotine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bittercress

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea), and South America (4 countries).

Diminutive Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Bittercress

The Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) is a species in the genus Cardamine. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also