Ascending Grapefern vs broom wattle

Botrychium ascendens compared with Acacia calamifolia

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while broom wattle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	broom wattle
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Botrychium	Acacia
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Acacia calamifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

broom wattle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	broom wattle
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.

broom wattle

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Colombia.

Ascending Grapefern

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

broom wattle

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