Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Vernal Bluet

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Enallagma vernale

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Vernal Bluet
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	Enallagma
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Enallagma vernale

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Vernal Bluet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Vernal Bluet
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.

Vernal Bluet

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.