Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Delicate Emerald

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Somatochlora franklini

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Delicate Emerald
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Corduliidae
Genus	Aegilops	Somatochlora
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Somatochlora franklini

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Delicate Emerald

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Delicate Emerald
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.

Delicate Emerald

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.

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.