Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Celery Late Blight

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Septoria apiicola

Key Differences

• Belly-shaped Hard Grass is Least Concern while Celery Late Blight is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Celery Late Blight
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Dothideomycetes (Dothideomycetes)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Mycosphaerellales (Mycosphaerellales)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus	Aegilops	Septoria
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Septoria apiicola

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Celery Late Blight

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Celery Late Blight
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Celery Late Blight

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Sweden.

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Celery Late Blight

The Celery Late Blight (Septoria apiicola) is a species in the genus Septoria. Distributed across Portugal and Sweden.