Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Eastern Forktail

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Ischnura verticalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Eastern Forktail
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)	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Aegilops	Ischnura
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Ischnura verticalis

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Forktail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Eastern Forktail
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.

Eastern Forktail

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.