Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Utteridge's rough tree fern

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Dicksonia utteridgei

Key Differences

• Belly-shaped Hard Grass is Least Concern while Utteridge's rough tree fern is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Utteridge's rough tree fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Cyatheales (Cyatheales)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Dicksoniaceae
Genus	Aegilops	Dicksonia
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Dicksonia utteridgei

Evolutionary Relationship

Belly-shaped Hard Grass and Utteridge's rough tree fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Utteridge's rough tree fern

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Utteridge's rough tree fern
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.

Utteridge's rough tree fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

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.