Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Bromus hordeaceus |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | bromus; brome; brome-grass; brome grass; bromegrass; bromo; chess; chess-grass; chess grass; chessgrass |
| Species common name(s) | soft cheat; soft cheat-grass; soft cheat grass; soft cheatgrass; soft chess brome; common soft brome; common soft-brome; common soft brome-grass; common soft brome grass; soft brome; soft-brome; soft brome-grass; soft brome -grass; soft bromegrass; introduced soft bromegrass; soft cheese brome; soft lob-grass; soft lob grass; soft lobgrass; soft lop-grass; soft lop grass; soft lopgrass; hairy cheat; blando brome; blando brome-grass; blando brome grass; blando bromegrass; tender brome; tender brome-grass; tender brome grass; blubber grass; blubber-grass |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | smooth spiked soft chess [subsp. hordeaceus]; smooth-spike soft chess [subsp. hordeaceus]; silky brome [subsp. molliformis]; lesser soft-brome [subsp. thominei] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | soft cheat-grass, soft chess, soft brome, soft brome-grass, soft brome grass, smooth chess, bald brome, downy brome, annual brome, annual brome-grass, annual brome grass, annual bromegrass, Hungarian brome, Hungarian brome grass, Hungarian brome-grass, Hungarian bromegrass, lob-grass, lob grass, lobgrass, lop-grass, lop grass, lopgrass, cheatgrass, cheat-grass, cheat grass, cheat are applied to multiple Bromus taxa; haver, haver grass, bull grass, hooded grass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; goose grass, goose-grass, goosegrass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. thominei (Nyman) Braun-Blanquet; divaricatus (Bonnier & Layens) Kerguélen; subsp. molliformis (J. Lloyd) Maire & Weiller, inval.; Bromus mollis L. |
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