Ascending Grapefern vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Botrychium ascendens compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Long-eared 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	Hemiechinus
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Long-eared 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.

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Ascending Grapefern

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