Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Poaceae

Sphenopholis - [maps | photos]

• Sphenopholis filiformis (Chapm.) Scribn.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: longleaf wedgescale

• Sphenopholis nitida (Biehler) Scribn.
  Common Name: shiny wedgescale

• Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn. var. major (Torr.) K.S. Erdman
  Common Name: slender wedgescale
  Synonyms:
  

         • Sphenopholis intermedia (Rydb.) Rydb.

• Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn. var. obtusata
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: prairie wedgescale

• Sphenopholis pensylvanica (L.) Hitchc.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: swamp wedgescale
  Synonyms:
  

         • Trisetum pensylvanicum (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.

• Sphenopholis ×pallens (Biehler) Scribn. (pro sp.) [obtusata x pensylvanica]
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke.