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|accepted_name=Sphenopholis nitida
|accepted_authority=(Biehler) Scribn.
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|common_names=Shiny wedgegrass
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Trisetum pensylvanicum
|authority=(Spreng.) Trin.
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Sphenopholis;Sphenopholis nitida
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Poeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sphenopholis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sphenopholis nitida]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 621
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>30-80 cm. <b>Sheaths</b> pubescent or the upper sheaths glabrous, sometimes scabridulous; ligules 1-2 mm; blades 2-15 cm long, (1)2-5(7) mm wide, flat to slightly involute, sometimes pubescent, flag leaf blades scabridulous. <b>Panicles</b> 6-20 cm long, 1-5 cm wide, nodding to erect, spikelets loosely to densely arranged. <b>Spikelets</b> 2.5-5 mm. <b>Lower</b> glumes at least 1/3 as wide as the upper glumes; upper glumes 2-3.2 mm, obovate, rarely subcucullate, width/length ratio 0.22-0.38; lowest lemmas 2.1-3.8 mm, smooth on the basal 1/3-1/2, scabrous distally, unawned; distal lemmas scabrous on the sides, usually unawned, rarely awned, awns 0.1-1 mm; anthers (0.5)1-2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Del.;D.C.;W.Va.;Fla.;Mass.;R.I.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Va.;Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Vt.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Md.;Tex.;Ohio;Mo.;Mich.;Miss.;Ky.
|discussion=<p><i>Sphenopholis nitida</i> grows in moist to dry, deciduous and coniferous forests, on clay or silt banks and slopes, at 0-1200 m, in southern Ontario and the eastern United States. It can be confused with occasional forms of <i>S. obtusata</i> that have somewhat scabrous distal lemmas, but <i>S. nitida</i> has broader lower glumes.</p>
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name=Sphenopholis nitida
|authority=(Biehler) Scribn.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Trisetum pensylvanicum
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda Ann Vorobik;Hana Pazdírková
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Del.;D.C.;W.Va.;Fla.;Mass.;R.I.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Va.;Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Vt.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Md.;Tex.;Ohio;Mo.;Mich.;Miss.;Ky.
|reference=None
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|special status=Endemic
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae
|genus=Sphenopholis
|species=Sphenopholis nitida
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