Ascending Grapefern vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Botrychium ascendens compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Polypodiopsida (ウラボシ綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Ophioglossales (ハナヤスリ目)	Rodentia (ネズミ目)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Botrychium	Urocitellus
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
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-tailed Ground Squirrel

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.