Ascending Grapefern vs Big Free-tailed Bat

Botrychium ascendens compared with Nyctinomops macrotis

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Big Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Big Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Botrychium	Nyctinomops
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Nyctinomops macrotis

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Big Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Big Free-tailed Bat
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.

Big Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Ascending Grapefern

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

Big Free-tailed Bat

The Big Free-tailed Bat (Nyctinomops macrotis) is a species in the genus Nyctinomops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.