Ascending Grapefern vs Fat Sand Rat

Botrychium ascendens compared with Psammomys obesus

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Fat Sand Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Fat Sand Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Botrychium	Psammomys
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Psammomys obesus

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Fat Sand Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Fat Sand Rat
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.

Fat Sand Rat

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.