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Sphenopholis
Genus of grasses
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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- Sphenopholis obtusata NRCS-1.jpg by Robert H. Mohlenbrock, Public domain
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