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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 | Poa pratensis subsp. pratensis |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | poa; blue-grass; blue grass; bluegrass; bleu-grass; bleu grass; bleugrass; rispengrass; rispengras |
| Species common name(s) | smooth meadow-grass; smooth meadow grass; smooth meadowgrass; smooth-stalked meadow-grass; smooth-stalked meadow grass; smooth stalked meadow grass; smooth-stalked meadowgrass; smooth stalked meadowgrass; smooth-stalk meadow-grass; smooth-stalk meadow grass; smooth stalk meadow grass; green meadow-grass; green meadow grass; common spear grass; English bleu-grass; English bleu grass; English meadow-grass; English meadow grass; Engish meadowgrass; meadow rispengras; introduced Kentucky bluegrass; Kentucky blue-grass; Kentucky blue grass; Kentucky bluegrass; Kentucky blue; Kentucky bleu-grass; Kentucky bleu grass Kentucky bleugrass |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | common meadow-grass, common meadow grass are applied to multiple Poa taxa; spear-grass, speargrass, spear grass, English blue-grass, English blue grass, English bluegrass, English grass, green grass, meadow grass, meadow-grass, meadowgrass, bunch grass, bunch-grass, bunchgrass, spear-grass, spear grass, speargrass, smooth spear-grass, smooth spear grass, bushy pasture spear-grass, bushy pasture spear grass, June-grass, June grass, Junegrass, june-grass, june grass, junegrass, browntop, brown-top, brown top, Herd's grass, Herd's-grass, Herd grass, Herds' grass, Herds-grass, Herds-grass, herd's-grass herd's grass, herd grass, cat's-tail grass, cat's-tail-grass, cat's tail grass, cats-tail grass, catstail grass, cats-tail-grass, meadow cat's-tail grass, meadow cat's-tail-grass, meadow cat's tail grass, meadow cats-tail grass, meadow catstail grass, meadow cat's-tail, meadow cat's tail, meadow cats-tail, lawn-grass, lawn grass, lawngrass, timothy are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; bird grass, bird-grass, bird's grass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Notes | Kentucky, English are proper names, so upper case preferable |
