Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Dixie ticktrefoil

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Desmodium tortuosum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Dixie ticktrefoil
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Fabaceae
Genus	Aegilops	Desmodium
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Desmodium tortuosum

Evolutionary Relationship

Belly-shaped Hard Grass and Dixie ticktrefoil share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Dixie ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Dixie ticktrefoil
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.

Dixie ticktrefoil

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇬🇧 United Kingdom