Ascending Grapefern vs Mountain Coati

Botrychium ascendens compared with Nasua olivacea

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Mountain Coati is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Mountain Coati
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Procyonidae (Raccoons)
Genus	Botrychium	Nasua
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Nasua olivacea

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain Coati

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Mountain Coati
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.

Mountain Coati

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Ascending Grapefern

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