Ascending Grapefern vs North American Badger

Botrychium ascendens compared with Taxidea taxus

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while North American Badger is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	North American Badger
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Botrychium	Taxidea
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Taxidea taxus

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

North American Badger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	North American Badger
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.

North American Badger

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.