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Sphenopholis pensylvanica (Linnaeus) A.S. Hitchcock. Swamp-oats. Phen: Apr-Jun. Hab: Bogs, ditches, wet forests, tidal swamps, calcareous seeps. Dist: MA west to OH and se. MO, south to n. peninsular FL and LA.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, FlGr, FNA24, K1, K3, K4, Mo1, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Va, WH3, Tucker (1996); = Avena palustris Michx.; = Eatonia pennsylvanica; = Eatonia pensylvanica (L.) A.Gray – S13; = Sphenopholis pennsylvanica – GW1, orthographic variant; = Trisetum pennsylvanicum (L.) P.Beauv. – Tat, orthographic variant; = Trisetum pensylvanicum (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. – F, G, RAB, S, WV; > Trisetum ludovicianum Vasey – S13; > Trisetum pennsylvanicum (L.) P.Beauv. – S13
Links to other floras: = Sphenopholis pensylvanica - FNA24
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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