Agarwood vs Ascending Grapefern

Aquilaria malaccensis compared with Botrychium ascendens

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Critically Endangered while Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Ascending Grapefern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Aquilaria	Botrychium
Species	Aquilaria malaccensis	Botrychium ascendens

Evolutionary Relationship

Agarwood and Ascending Grapefern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agarwood	Ascending Grapefern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Agarwood

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Ascending Grapefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Agarwood

The Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) is a species in the genus Aquilaria. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Ascending Grapefern

Ascending grapefern (Botrychium ascendens) is a species in the genus Botrychium. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.