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 | Vulpia bromoides |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | vulpia; vulpia grass; vulpia hair-grass; vulpia hair grass; vulpia hairgrass; squirrel-tailed fescue; squirrel-tail fescue; squirrel tail fescue, squirreltail fescue; six-weeks fescue; six weeks fescue; sixweeks fescue; annual fescue |
| Species common name(s) | brome vulpia; brome fescue; brome annual fescue; brome six-weeks fescue; brome sixweeks fescue; brome six-weeks grass; brome sixweeks grass; brome-like fescue; brome like fescue; bromelike fescue; brome-like fescue-grass; bromelike fescue-grass; bromelike fescue grass; brome-like annual fescue; brome like annual fescue; bromelike annual fescue; brome-like vulpia; cheat fescue; cheatgrass fescue; barren fescue; barren fescue-grass; barren fescuegrass; European foxtail fescue |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | squirrel-tailed fescue, squirrel-tail fescue, squirrel tail fescue, squirreltail fescue, vulpia hair-grass, rat-tail fescue, rat tail fescue, rattail fescue, rat's-tail fescue, rat's tail fescue, vulpia hair grass, vulpia hairgrass, desert fescue are applied to multiple Vulpia taxa; mousetail grass, mouse-tail grass, mouse tail grass, six-weeks grass, six weeks grass, sixweeks grass, sixweeks-grass, six-week grass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; silver grass, silvergrass, rat-tail, rat tail, rattail, rat's tail are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | European is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Festuca bromoides L.; Festuca dertonensis (All.) Asch. & Graebn.; Festuca myuros L. var. bromoides (L.) Wimm. & Grab.; Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel. var. bromoides (L.) Parl. |
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