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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

Puccinellia phryganodes is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. The native range of this species is Subarctic to Eastern Canada.

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Poa atropurpurea is a rare species of grass known by the common name San Bernardino bluegrass. It is endemic to southern California, where it is known from two regions, the San Bernardino Mountains near Big Bear and the Laguna Mountains of San Diego County.

Panicum flexile, commonly called wiry panicgrass, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family (Poaceae). It is primarily native to eastern to North America, where it has a scattered and localized distribution. It is typically found in mafic or calcareous open areas, both wet and dry, particularly associated with limestone. Panicum flexile is a rather delicate annual grass. It can be distinguished from similar-looking Panicum by its long-acuminate spikelets arranged in a slender, elongated panicle.

Cinna bolanderi is a species of grass known by the common names Bolander's woodreed and Sierran woodreed. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, where it grows in meadows and forest, especially in moist areas. It can reach two meters in height and has a spreading inflorescence of spikelets. It blooms in late summer and fall.

Sporobolus wrightii is a species of grass known by the common names big sacaton and giant sacaton. It is native to the western United States and northern and central Mexico.

Sphenopholis obtusata is a species of grass known by the common names prairie wedgescale and prairie wedge grass. It is native to North America where it is widespread across southern Canada and the United States. It occurs in many types of habitat, including prairie, marshes, dunes, and disturbed areas.

Puccinellia simplex is a species of grass known by the common names California alkaligrass and western alkali grass. It is native to California, where it grows in mineral springs and other moist habitat with saline soils in the Central Valley, Mojave Desert, and other areas. It is also known from Utah, but occurrences there are probably introduced. This annual grass grows up to about 25 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is generally a linear structure with parallel branches bearing small spikelets.

Puccinellia lemmonii is a species of grass known by the common name Lemmon's alkaligrass. It is native to western North America, particularly the northwestern United States, where it grows in moist, saline soils. It is a perennial bunchgrass forming clumps of stems up to 40 centimeters in maximum height with narrow, almost hairlike leaves located around the bases. The inflorescence is a spreading array of a few branches containing rough-haired spikelets.

Poa bigelovii is a species of grass known by the common name Bigelow's bluegrass. It is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, where it grows in shady spots in desert and plateau habitat. It is an annual bunchgrass growing in small clumps up to 40 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a narrow, compact, cylindrical series of hairy spikelets. The spikelets sometimes have a curly tuft of hairs or cobwebby fibers near their bases.

Melica californica is a species of grass known by the common name California melic.

Hilaria rigida (formerly Pleuraphis rigida) is a species of clumping perennial grass that is widespread in California deserts. It is commonly known as big galleta. It is a monocot in the Hilaria genus of the grass family (Poaceae). It can be recognized after seed dispersal by the wiry, wavy inflorescence stalks (flexuose) that continue to stick out of the clump of leaf blades. The stems are unusual among grasses in that they are solid, even between the nodes, whereas most grasses have hollow stems. The clumps help stabilize sand dunes. According to botanist Philip A. Munz, "it is said to be

Festuca subuliflora is a species of grass known by the common name crinkleawn fescue. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California where it is most abundant in the moist forests of the coastal mountains.

Festuca elmeri is a species of grass known by the common names coast fescue and Elmer's fescue. It is a bunchgrass native to the US states of California and Oregon, where it often grows in wet, shady areas in coastal counties.

Bouteloua repens, colloquially known as slender grama, is a grass species in the grama genus native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

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Poa howellii is a species of grass known by the common name Howell's bluegrass. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to throughout California. It grows in rocky areas in woodlands and chaparral, as well as disturbed areas.

Poa curtifolia is a species of grass found on serpentine soils in the Wenatchee Mountains of Washington State.

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Muhlenbergia reverchonii is a species of grass known by the common name seep muhly. It is native to Oklahoma and Texas in the United States. This perennial bunchgrass produces erect stems up to 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) tall. The hairlike leaves are up to 35 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a panicle of brown to purplish spikelets. Aged stands of the grass "form a curly, fibrous mass". In the wild this grass grows on rocky calcareous substrates, such as limestone outcrops. This grass is used for ornamental purposes. The cultivar 'Autumn Embers' has a panicle with a more pink

Muhlenbergia porteri is a species of grass known by the common names bush muhly and Porter's muhly.

Melica torreyana is a species of grass known by the common name Torrey's melicgrass.

Melica subulata is a species of grass known by the common name Alaska oniongrass.

Melica porteri, known as Porter's melicgrass, is a species of grass that grows in the United States and Mexico. In the US it is found in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Iowa.

Eragrostis refracta, commonly known as coastal lovegrass, is a perennial graminoid in the family Poaceae that is found in the southeastern United States.

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Andropogon floridanus, commonly referred to as Florida bluestem, is a species of grass endemic to the US southeast coastal plain, primarily in the state of Florida, although it may have scattered populations in Georgia and Alabama.

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