Globe Thistle vs Japanese Cherry

Echinops exaltatus compared with Prunus serrulata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Globe Thistle	Japanese Cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (动物界)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)
Order	Afrosoricida (非洲蝟目)	Rosales (蔷薇目)
Family	Tenrecidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Echinops	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Echinops exaltatus	Prunus serrulata

Conservation Status

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Japanese Cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Globe Thistle	Japanese Cherry
Diet	—	Autotroph
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	10.0 m
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Japanese Cherry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).

Globe Thistle

No description available.

Japanese Cherry

日本樱花（Prunus serrulata）是日本春天的标志，每年春天盛开白色和粉色的花云，延续数百年的文化活动「赏花」（花见）由此而来。树高可达25米，经过千年的选择性培育，由野生樱属植物改良而来，主要通过嫁接繁殖的不育观赏品种为主。已知品种超过200种，染井吉野樱（Somei Yoshino）占据日本著名樱花大道的绝大部分。