black she-oak vs Northern Emerald

Allocasuarina littoralis compared with Somatochlora arctica

Key Differences

• black she-oak is Least Concern while Northern Emerald is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black she-oak	Northern Emerald
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Casuarinaceae	Corduliidae
Genus	Allocasuarina	Somatochlora
Species	Allocasuarina littoralis	Somatochlora arctica

Conservation Status

black she-oak

LC — Least Concern

Northern Emerald

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black she-oak	Northern Emerald
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black she-oak

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in India.

Northern Emerald

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Ukraine. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

black she-oak

The Black she-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) is a species in the genus Allocasuarina. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Northern Emerald

Northern Emerald (Somatochlora arctica) is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List. At high risk of extinction in the wild, with significant population decline and ongoing threats to survival.