Black Bent vs Early Blight

Agrostis gigantea compared with Alternaria solani

Key Differences

• Black Bent is Least Concern while Early Blight is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Bent	Early Blight
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Dothideomycetes (Dothideomycetes)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Pleosporales (Pleosporales)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Pleosporaceae
Genus	Agrostis	Alternaria
Species	Agrostis gigantea	Alternaria solani

Conservation Status

Black Bent

LC — Least Concern

Early Blight

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Bent	Early Blight
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Bent

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (11 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).

Early Blight

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, and United States.

Black Bent

The Black Bent (Agrostis gigantea) is a species in the genus Agrostis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States