Ascending Grapefern vs Japanese Noctule

Botrychium ascendens compared with Nyctalus furvus

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Japanese Noctule is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Japanese Noctule
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Botrychium	Nyctalus
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Nyctalus furvus

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Japanese Noctule

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Japanese Noctule
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.

Japanese Noctule

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.