Ascending Grapefern vs Mountain Goat

Botrychium ascendens compared with Oreamnos americanus

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Mountain Goat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Botrychium	Oreamnos
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Mountain Goat
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 Goat

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.