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Sphenopholis

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Kingdom
  
Higher classification
  
Grasses

Order
  
Family
  
Rank
  
Genus

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Grasses, Cinna, Schizachne, Brachyelytrum, Torreyochloa

Sphenopholis is a genus of North American and Hawaiian plants in the grass family.

They are known generally as wedgescales.

Species
  1. Sphenopholis filiformis - longleaf wedgescale - TX OK AR LA TN MS AL GA FL NC SC VA PA
  2. Sphenopholis intermedia - slender wedgescale - Canada (every province + territory except Nunavut), USA (every state except California + Hawaii)
  3. Sphenopholis interrupta - CO OK AZ NM TX LA, Baja California
  4. Sphenopholis longiflora - Texas wedgescale - TX OK AR LA
  5. Sphenopholis nitida - shiny wedgescale - Ontario, eastern half of United States
  6. Sphenopholis obtusata - prairie wedgescale - widespread in contiguous United States + southern Canada, plus Hawaii, Mexico + Hispaniola
  7. Sphenopholis × pallens - scattered locations in eastern half of USA—hybrid S. obtusata × S. pensylvanica
  8. Sphenopholis pensylvanica - swamp wedgescale - eastern half of USA

References

Sphenopholis Wikipedia


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