Ascending Grapefern vs Flat-headed Kusimanse

Botrychium ascendens compared with Crossarchus platycephalus

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Flat-headed Kusimanse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Flat-headed Kusimanse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Botrychium	Crossarchus
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Crossarchus platycephalus

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Flat-headed Kusimanse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Flat-headed Kusimanse
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.

Flat-headed Kusimanse

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.