Ascending Grapefern vs Butterfly-leaf

Botrychium ascendens compared with Adenolobus garipensis

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Butterfly-leaf is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Butterfly-leaf
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	Adenolobus
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Adenolobus garipensis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Butterfly-leaf

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Butterfly-leaf
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.

Butterfly-leaf

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.

Butterfly-leaf

The Butterfly-leaf (Adenolobus garipensis) is a species in the genus Adenolobus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.