Ascending Grapefern vs Eastern Mole

Botrychium ascendens compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Botrychium	Scalopus
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Eastern Mole
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.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ascending Grapefern

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