PLANTS Profile for Sphenopholis nitida (shiny wedgescale)

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Sphenopholis nitida (Biehler) Scribn.
shiny wedgescale

Symbol:

SPNI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Sphenopholis nitida (Biehler) Scribn.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 244. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Sphenopholis nitida (Biehler) Scribn.

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Distribution:
Sphenopholis nitida (Biehler) Scribn.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Sphenopholis nitida (Biehler) Scribn.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 7 species in Sphenopholis

Classification:
Sphenopholis nitida (Biehler) Scribn.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Sphenopholis Scribn. – wedgescale
Species	Sphenopholis nitida (Biehler) Scribn. – shiny wedgescale

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sphenopholis nitida (Biehler) Scribn.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Massachusetts:
shining wedgegrass		Threatened
Rhode Island:
shining sphenopholis		Special Concern
Vermont:
shiny wedgegrass		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Sphenopholis nitida (Biehler) Scribn.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41281.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/26/2008 12:35 PM MDT