Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Forcipate Emerald

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Somatochlora forcipata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Forcipate 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 forcipata

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Forcipate Emerald

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Forcipate 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.

Forcipate 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.