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 | Elytrigia repens |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | elytrigia |
| Species common name(s) | common quack-grass; common quack grass; common quackgrass; creeping quack-grass; creeping quack grass; creeping quackgrass; creeping wheat-grass; creeping wheat grass; creeping wheatgrass; creeping wheat; dog's couch; dog's couch-grass; dog's couch grass; couch wheat; cooch-grass; cooch grass; coochgrass; cutch-grass; cutch grass; quitch-grass; quitch grass; quickgrass; chandler's grass; chandler grass; durfa-grass; durfa grass; durfee-grass; durfee grass; Sprague's grass |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | quack grass, quack-grass, quackgrass, creeping wildrye, creeping wild-rye, creeping wild rye, wildrye, wild-rye, wild rye, wild rye grass, dog grass, dog-grass, Dutch grass, false wheat, scutch grass, scutch-grass, scutch, kweek, kweek grass, twitch-grass, twitch grass, twitch, quitch, devil's grass, devil grass, couch grass, couch-grass, couchgrass, common couch, common couch grass, common couch-grass, common couchgrass, wheatgrass, wheat-grass, wheat grass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; devil's-grass, devil's grass, devil-grass, devil grass, devilgrass, devil's weed, devil's-weed, witchgrass, witch-grass, witch grass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Elymus repens (L.) Gould; Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv. |
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