Ascending Grapefern vs chainfruit

Botrychium ascendens compared with Alyxia ilicifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	chainfruit
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Botrychium	Alyxia
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Alyxia ilicifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	chainfruit
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.

chainfruit

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.

chainfruit

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