Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs false pepperwort

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Marsilea crenata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	false pepperwort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Aegilops	Marsilea
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Marsilea crenata

Evolutionary Relationship

Belly-shaped Hard Grass and false pepperwort share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	false pepperwort
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.

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

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.