OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sphenopholis intermedia   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Sphenopholis intermedia, Slender Wedgegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_spin3_001_lvd

        

image of Sphenopholis intermedia, Slender Wedgegrass

JK Marlow    jkm230606_3838

June    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Sphenopholis intermedia, Slender Wedgegrass

JK Marlow    jkm230606_3839

June    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Sphenopholis intermedia, Slender Wedgegrass

JK Marlow    jkm230606_3840

June    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Sphenopholis intermedia, Slender Wedgegrass

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.

image of Sphenopholis intermedia, Slender Wedgegrass

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Inflorescence a panicle, usually narrow & dense

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain yellowish
Grain

 

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