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 mollis subsp. mollis |
| 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) | American dune-grass; American dune grass; American dunegrass; American dune wild-rye; American dune wild rye; American dune wildrye; American lyme grass; Pacific dune-grass; Pacific dune grass; dune rye-grass; dune rye grass; dune ryegrass; sea-rye; sea rye-grass; sea rye grass |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | wildrye, wild-rye, wild rye, wild rye grass, dune wild-rye, dune wild rye, dune wildrye, beach wildrye, beach wild-rye, beach wild rye, lyme grass, lyme-grass, lymegrass, sea lyme-grass, sea lyme-grass, sea lyme grass, sea lymegrass, dunegrass, dune-grass, dune grass, native dunegrass, native beach grass, strand wheat, strand-wheat are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa |
| | | Notes | American is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilger subsp. mollis |
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