Ascending Grapefern vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Botrychium ascendens compared with Atelerix albiventris

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Botrychium	Atelerix
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Four-toed Hedgehog
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.

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.

Ascending Grapefern

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