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 | Elymus multisetus |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | elymus; buffalo rye; long-awned wild rye; long-awn wild rye |
| Species common name(s) | big squirrel-tail; big squirrel tail; big squirreltail; big squirrel-tail grass; big squirreltail grass; big squirreltail wild-rye; big squirreltail wild rye |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | wildrye, wild-rye, wild rye, wild rye grass, big wildrye, big wild rye, rye grass, lyme grass, lyme-grass, lymegrass, wheatgrass, wheat-grass, wheat grass, squirreltail, squirrel-tail, squirrel tail, squirreltail grass, squirrel-tail grass, squirrel tail grass, bottle-brush grass, bottlebrush grass, bottlebrushgrass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; squirreltail barley, squirrel-tail barley, squirrel tail barley are more commonly applied to Hordeum jubatum |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Sitanion jubatum J.G. Sm. |
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