PRAIRIE WEDGEGRASS
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Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx. ) Scribn.
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| Miami County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 8 to 48 inches |
| Family: Poaceae - Grass Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July |
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| Also Called: | | Prairie wedgescale. | | Culms: | | Tufted. Culms erect or ascending, glabrous. | | Blades: | | Leaves basal and cauline; blades linear, 2--6 inches long, to 1/3 inch wide, flat, pubescent or rough. | | Sheaths: | | Sheaths shorter than internodes, cylindric, open, pubescent or glabrous. | | Ligules: | | Membrane, to 1/8 inch, margin jagged, minutely hairy. | | Inflorescences: | | Panicles, pale green, usually erect, 2--8 inches long, contracted; branches ascending. | | Spikelets: | | Spikelets densely arranged, to 1/8 inch long, shiny; on pedicels; florets 2, awnless; rachilla extending beyond floret base as bristle; lower glume narrow, to 1/3 as wide as upper; upper glume obovate, tip rounded; lemmas oblong-elliptic, tip bluntly to sharply pointed. | | Habitat: | | Prairies, pastures, meadows, marshes, open woods, stream banks, pond margins, waste places; moist soils. | | Distribution: | | Statewide | | Origin: | | Native | | Forage Value: | | Provides good forage for cattle and horses, fair for sheep. Prairie wedgegrass makes good hay when harvested early. |
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| Prairie wedgegrass inflorescence |  | | 76 KB | | Miami County, Kansas |
| | Prairie wedgegrass inflorescence |  | | 71 KB | | Miami County, Kansas |
| | Prairie wedgegrass inflorescence |  | | 88 KB | | Miami County, Kansas |
| | Prairie wedgegrass leaves |  | | 165 KB | | Miami County, Kansas |
| | Prairie wedgegrass habit |  | | 173 KB | | Miami County, Kansas |
| | Prairie wedgegrass habit |  | | 162 KB | | Miami County, Kansas |
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