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 lanceolatus subsp. lanceolatus |
| 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) | thick-spiked wheat-grass; thick-spiked wheat grass; thick-spiked wheatgrass; thick spiked wheatgrass; thick-spike wheat-grass; thick-spike wheat grass; thick-spike wheatgrass; thick spike wheatgrass; thickspike wheatgrass; thickspike wheat grass; northern wheat-grass; northern wheat grass; northern wheatgrass; downy wheat-grass; downy wheat grass; downy wheatgrass; streambank wheat-grass; streambank wheat grass; streambank wheatgrass; stream-bank wheat-grass; stream bank wheat grass; stream-bank wheatgrass; stream bank wheatgrass; streamside wheatgrass; stream-side wheatgrass; streamside wild-rye; streamside wild rye; streambed wheat-grass; streambed wheat grass; river-side wheat-grass; river-side wheatgrass; innovative wild rye |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | thickspike wild rye is applied to multiple Elymus taxa; wildrye, wild-rye, wild rye, wild rye grass, 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; western wheat grass is more commonly applied to Pascopyrum smithii |
| | | Notes | thickspick, thick-spick, thick spick may be errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. riparius (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Barkworth; Agropyron dasystachyum (Hook.) Scribn.; Agropyron riparium Scribn. & J.G. Sm. |
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