Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sphenopholis intermedia
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Sphenopholis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sphenopholis intermedia
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sphenopholis intermedia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Sphenopholis intermedia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sphenopholis intermedia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Sphenopholis obtusata var. major
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Sphenopholis obtusata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-31-004:
Sphenopholis intermedia FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sphenopholis intermedia
COMMON NAME:
Slender Wedgegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_spin3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230606_3838
June Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230606_3839
June Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230606_3840
June Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230606_4090
June Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
The second glume of Slender Wedgescale is 3-6x long as wide, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm230606_4093
June Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sphenopholis intermedia
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sphenopholis intermedia
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sphenopholis intermedia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Sphenopholis intermedia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sphenopholis intermedia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Sphenopholis obtusata var. major
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Sphenopholis obtusata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-31-004:
Sphenopholis intermedia
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sphenopholis intermedia
1450
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Moist nutrient-rich forests, barrens, meadows, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Inflorescence a panicle, usually narrow & dense
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain yellowish
Grain
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