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Sphenopholis

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
294
With media
229
Family
Poaceae
Collections
US, GMUF, UCONN, CMN, KNK, MO
Recorded in
United States, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Poaceae
Image
Sphenopholis obtusata NRCS-1.jpg
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taxon name
Sphenopholis
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Sphenopholis
topic's main category
Category:Sphenopholis
taxon common name
wedgescale
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Sphenopholis is a genus of North American and Hawaiian plants in the grass family.

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

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