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 | Carex serratodens |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Cyperaceae |
| Family common name(s) | sedge; sedges; bulrush |
| Genus common name(s) | carex; sedge; sedge-grass; sedge grass; sedgegrass; shere-grass; shere grass |
| Species common name(s) | saw-toothed sedge; sawtoothed sedge; saw-tooth sedge; bifid sedge; two-toothed sedge; two-tooth sedge; two tooth sedge; twotooth sedge; serpentine-seep sedge |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | sawtooth sedge is applied to multiple Carex taxa; sword-grass, sword grass, false flax, false-flax, falseflax are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (pejorative or derogatory): nigger-wool, nigger wool, niggerwool |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Carex bifida W. Boott |
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