Ascending Grapefern vs Brown Zygodont

Botrychium ascendens compared with Zygodontomys brunneus

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Brown Zygodont is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Brown Zygodont
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Botrychium	Zygodontomys
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Zygodontomys brunneus

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Brown Zygodont

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Brown Zygodont
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.

Brown Zygodont

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.

Brown Zygodont

The Brown Zygodont (Zygodontomys brunneus) is a species in the genus Zygodontomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.