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 (paintere@west.net).
| Taxon | Achnatherum occidentale subsp. occidentale |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | achnatherum |
| Species common name(s) | western needle-grass; western needle grass; western needlegrass; western stipa; narrow-topped feather-grass; narrow-topped feather grass; narrow-top feather-grass; narrow-top feather grass; Sierra Nevada needle-grass; Sierra Nevada needlegrass; occidental needle-grass; occidental needlegrass |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | Columbia needlegrass, Columbia needle-grass, Columbia needle grass, Columbia stipa, Columbian needlegrass, stiff needlegrass are applied to multiple Stipa s.l. taxa; needlegrass, needle-grass, needle grass, rice grass, rice-grass, ricegrass, false rice grass, false rice-grass, false ricegrass, spear-grass, speargrass, spear grass, western spear-grass, western speargrass, feather-grass, feather grass, feathergrass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; puna grass, puna-grass, punagrass, woolgrass, woolly grass, wooly grass, woollygrass, woolygrass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian ricegrass, Indian rice grass, Indian rice-grass |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Stipa occidentalis S. Watson var. occidentalis |
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