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Sphenopholis
''Sphenopholis'' is a genus of North American and Hawaiian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. They are known generally as wedgescales. ; Species * ''Sphenopholis filiformis'' - longleaf wedgescale - Texas, TX Oklahoma, OK Arkansas, AR Louisiana, LA Tennessee, TN Mississippi, MS Alabama, AL Georgia (U.S. state), GA Florida, FL North Carolina, NC South Carolina, SC Virginia, VA Pennsylvania, PA * ''Sphenopholis intermedia'' - slender wedgescale - Canada (every province + territory except Nunavut), USA (every state except California + Hawaii) * ''Sphenopholis interrupta'' - Colorado, CO Oklahoma, OK Arizona, AZ New Mexico, NM Texas, TX Louisiana, LA, Baja California * ''Sphenopholis longiflora'' - Texas wedgescale - Texas, TX Oklahoma, OK Arkansas, AR Louisiana, 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 + Hi ...
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Sphenopholis Interrupta
''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 ''Sphenopholis'' is a genus of North American and Hawaiian plants in the gra ...
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Sphenopholis Intermedia
''Sphenopholis intermedia'', the slender wedgegrass or slender wedgescale, is an annual grass native to North America. The specific epithet "''intermedia''" means "intermediate". The diploid number is 14. Description ''Sphenopholis intermedia'' is a slender grass growing tall. The leaf sheaths can be pubescent or glabrous. The ligules are and often appear erose-ciliate and lacerate. The upper leaf blades are half as long or as long as their sheaths and are scabrous on their nerves. Most leaf blades are broad and flat or slightly rolled. The lax panicles are long and tend to nod. The spikelets are long. The glumes are scabrous on their keels, with the first linear-attenuate and the second oblanceolate. The lemmas are lanceolate and are glabrous except for the most distal lemmas, which become scabrous at their ends. The anthers are long. The paleas are thin, narrow, and slightly shorter than the lemmas. ''S. intermedia'' flowers from June into August. Distribution and h ...
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Sphenopholis Obtusata
''Sphenopholis obtusata'' is a species of grass known by the common names prairie wedgescale and prairie wedge grass. It is native to North America where it is widespread across southern Canada and the United States. It occurs in many types of habitat, including prairie, marshes, dunes, and disturbed areas. Description ''Sphenopholis obtusata'' is a perennial bunchgrass growing 20 centimeters to well over one meter in maximum height. The short leaves have ligules with jagged tips. The inflorescence is generally a dense, spikelike panicle A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is ... of oval-shaped spikelets. The inflorescence is greenish white, darkening brownish as it matures. References External linksJepson Manual Treatment
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North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west. In the 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest city. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with a population of 2,595,027 in 2020, is the most-populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 21st-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state and 32nd-most populous in the United States, with a population of 2,043,867 in 2020, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park. The earliest evidence of human occu ...
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Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States. It is the list of U.S. states and territories by area, 6th largest and the list of U.S. states and territories by population, 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital city, capital and List of largest cities, largest city is Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Four Corners region with Utah to the north, Colorado to the northeast, and New Mexico to the east; its other neighboring states are Nevada to the northwest, California to the west and the List of states of Mexico, Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California (state), Baja California to the south and southwest. Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous United States, contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Historically part of the territory of in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in th ...
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Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, eighth most extensive and List of U.S. states and territories by population, 21st most populous U.S. state. The 2020 United States Census, 2020 United States census enumerated the population of Colorado at 5,773,714, an increase of 14.80% since the 2010 United States Census, 2010 United States census. The region has been inhabited by Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans and their Paleo-Indians, ancestors for at least 13,500 years and possibly much longer. The eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains was a major migration route for early peoples who spread throughout the Americas. "''Colorado''" is the Spanish adjective meaning "ruddy", th ...
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New Mexico
) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Albuquerque metropolitan area, Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English language, English, Spanish language, Spanish (New Mexican Spanish, New Mexican), Navajo language, Navajo, Keres language, Keres, Zuni language, Zuni , Governor = , Lieutenant Governor = , Legislature = New Mexico Legislature , Upperhouse = New Mexico Senate, Senate , Lowerhouse = New Mexico House of Representatives, House of Representatives , Judiciary = New Mexico Supreme Court , Senators = * * , Representative = * * * , postal_code = NM , TradAbbreviation = N.M., N.Mex. , area_rank = 5th , area_total_sq_mi = 121,591 , area_total_km2 = 314,915 , area_land_sq_mi = 121,298 , area_land_km2 = 314,161 , area_water_sq_mi = 292 , area_water_km2 = 757 , area_water_percent = 0.24 , ...
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