Ascending Grapefern vs Mexican cottontail

Botrychium ascendens compared with Sylvilagus cunicularius

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Mexican cottontail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Mexican cottontail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Botrychium	Sylvilagus
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Sylvilagus cunicularius

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican cottontail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Mexican cottontail
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.

Mexican cottontail

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.