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 myuros var. myuros |
| 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) | rat-tailed fescue; rat's-tail fescue-grass; rat's-tail fescue grass; rat's tail fescue grass; rat's-tail vulpia; rat-tail annual fescue; rattail annual fescue; rat-tail vulpia; rattail vulpia; rattail six-weeks fescue; rattail six weeks fescue; rattail sixweeks fescue; rattail six-weeks grass; rattail sixweeks grass; mouse-tailed fescue; mouse-tailed fescue-grass; mouse-tail fescue; mouse tail fescue; mousetail fescue; mouse-tail fescue grass; fox-tailed fescue; fox-tail fescue; fox tail fescue; foxtail fescue; false foxtail fescue; red-tail fescue; capon's-tail grass; capon's tail grass; myur fescue; zorro annual fescue; zorro fescue |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | rat-tail fescue, rat tail fescue, rattail fescue, rat's-tail fescue, rat's tail fescue, vulpia hair-grass, vulpia hair grass, vulpia hairgrass, vulpia-grass 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, mousetail, mouse-tail, mouse tail, rat-tail, rat tail, rattail, rat's tail are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel. f. myuros; Festuca myuros L. var. myuros |
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