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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 | Eleocharis quadrangulata |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Cyperaceae |
| Family common name(s) | sedge; sedges; bulrush |
| Genus common name(s) | spike-rush; spike rush; spikerush; spiked-rush; spiked rush |
| Species common name(s) | four-angled spike-rush; four-angled spike rush; four-angled spikerush; four angled spikerush; fourangled spikerush; angled spike-rush; angled spike rush; angled spikerush; square-stemmed spike-rush; square-stemmed spike rush; square-stemmed spikerush; square-stem spike-rush; square-stem spike rush; squarestem spike-rush; square-stem spikerush; squarestem spikerush; squarestem spikesedge; quadrangular rush |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | quadrangular spike-rush, chocolate-headed clubrush are applied to multiple Eleocharis taxa; square rush, four-square rush, four square rush are applied to multiple Cyperaceae taxa; spike-sedge, spike sedge, spikesedge are applied to Eleocharis s.l.; wire grass, wire-grass, wiregrass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
