Species: Sphenopholis intermedia
Slender Wedgescale
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Monocotyledoneae
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Sphenopholis
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
slender wedgescale
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Grass Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Poaceae - Sphenopholis - of Gleason and Cronquist (1991).
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Slender Wedgegrass is an herbaceous annual or short-lived perennial grass with a slender, nodding spike at the top of its 0.2-1 m stem. It is two-flowered, and the seeds drop with the glumes. The shape and difference in width of the two glumes is distinctive, with the large second glume being very broad at its upper end, giving it the appearance of a wedge.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1991-08-08
Global Status Last Changed
1991-08-08
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
AK to Newf., south to NM.