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 | Trisetum canescens |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | trisetum |
| Species common name(s) | tall trisetum; silvery oat-grass; silvery oat grass |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | nodding trisetum, nodding oatgrass are applied to multiple Trisetum taxa; tall oatgrass, tall oat-grass, tall oat grass, oatgrass, oat-grass, oat grass, tall false oat, false oat, false oats, false-oats, oatgrass, oat-grass, oat grass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Trisetum cernuum Trin. subsp. canescens (Buckley) Calder & R.L. Taylor |
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