Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Hudsonian Whiteface

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Leucorrhinia hudsonica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Hudsonian Whiteface
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)	Libellulidae
Genus	Aegilops	Leucorrhinia
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Leucorrhinia hudsonica

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Hudsonian Whiteface

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Hudsonian Whiteface
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.

Hudsonian Whiteface

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.