title: Sphenopholis
text: # Sphenopholis
  
  Sphenopholis is a genus of North American and Hawaiian plants in the grass family.
  
  They are known generally as wedgescales.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Sphenopholis filiformis - longleaf wedgescale - TX OK AR LA TN MS AL GA FL NC SC VA PA
  * Sphenopholis intermedia - slender wedgescale - Canada (every province + territory except Nunavut), USA (every state except California + Hawaii)
  * Sphenopholis interrupta - CO OK AZ NM TX LA, Baja California
  * Sphenopholis longiflora - Texas wedgescale - TX OK AR LA
  * Sphenopholis nitida - shiny wedgescale - Ontario, eastern half of United States
  * Sphenopholis obtusata - prairie wedgescale - widespread in contiguous United States + southern Canada, plus Hawaii, Mexico + Hispaniola
  * Sphenopholis × pallens - scattered locations in eastern half of USA—hybrid S. obtusata × S. pensylvanica
  * Sphenopholis pensylvanica - swamp wedgescale - eastern half of USA
  