Ascending Grapefern vs Blackcurrant

Botrychium ascendens compared with Antidesma parvifolium

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Blackcurrant is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Blackcurrant
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Phyllanthaceae
Genus	Botrychium	Antidesma
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Antidesma parvifolium

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Blackcurrant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Blackcurrant
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.

Blackcurrant

Habitat

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

Ascending Grapefern

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

Blackcurrant

The Blackcurrant (Antidesma parvifolium) is a species in the genus Antidesma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.