PLANTS Profile for Sphenopholis obtusata (prairie wedgescale)

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Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.
prairie wedgescale

Symbol:

SPOB

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
CAN		N

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Photo of Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.

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Synonyms:
Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.

	AIOB	Aira obtusata Michx.
	SPOBL	Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn. var. lobata (Trin.) Scribn.
	SPOBP	Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn. var. pubescens (Scribn. & Merr.) Scribn.

Distribution:
Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, ON, SK)

Related Taxa:
Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 7 species in Sphenopholis

Classification:
Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) 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 obtusata (Michx.) Scribn. – prairie wedgescale

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) 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.

Maine:
prairie wedge-grass		Possibly Extirpated
New Hampshire:
blunt sphenopholis		Endangered
New York:
prairie wedgegrass		Endangered
Ohio:
prairie wedgegrass		Threatened
Rhode Island:
prairie wedgegrass		Special Concern
Vermont:
blunt sphenopholis		Endangered

Introduced Information:
Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

FAC-,FACW+

FAC-

FAC+

FAC

FACW

FACW+

FAC

FACW-

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.

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

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41279.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 05:25 AM MDT