Ascending Grapefern vs Baytop's Onion

Botrychium ascendens compared with Allium baytopiorum

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Baytop's Onion is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Baytop's Onion
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Amaryllidaceae
Genus	Botrychium	Allium
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Allium baytopiorum

Evolutionary Relationship

Ascending Grapefern and Baytop's Onion share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Baytop's Onion

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Baytop's Onion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ascending Grapefern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Baytop's Onion

Habitat

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

Ascending Grapefern

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

Baytop's Onion

The Baytop's Onion (Allium baytopiorum) is a species in the genus Allium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.