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 | Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. holciformis |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | deschampsia; descampsia grass |
| Species common name(s) | caespitose deschampsia; cespitose deschampsia; cespitose hair-grass; cespitose hairgrass; tufted deschampsia; tufted deschampsia grass; tufted hair-grass; tufted hair grass; tufted hairgrass; bull-hassocks; bull-pates grass; bullpates grass; bull-pates; bull pates; bullpates; bull's-pates; bull-peats; bullpeats; bullpits; bull-poll; bull poll; benton pry; turfy aira grass; turfy aira-grass; seven-years grass |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | coast hair grass, coastal hair grass are applied to multiple Deschampsia cespitosa subspp.; bunch grass, bunch-grass, bunchgrass, tussock-grass, tussock grass, tussockgrass, hassock grass, hassock-grass, windlestraw grass, windlestraw-grass, windlestraw, windle-straw, windle straw are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; hairgrass, hair-grass, hair grass applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Pacific, California are proper names, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Deschampsia holciformis J. Presl; Aira holciformis (J. Presl) Steud. |
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