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 | Achnatherum nelsonii subsp. dorei |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | achnatherum |
| Species common name(s) | Nelson's needle-grass; Nelson's needle grass; Nelson's needlegrass; Nelson's stipa; Nelson needle-grass; Nelson needle grass; Nelson needlegrass; Nelson stipa |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | Columbia needlegrass, Columbia needle-grass, Columbia needle grass, Columbia stipa, Columbian needlegrass, subalpine stipa, subalpine needlegrass, mountain needle-grass, mountain needle grass, mountain 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 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 |
| Notes | Nelson, Dore's are proper names, so upper case preferable; Nelsons is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Stipa nelsonii Scribn. var. dorei (Barkworth & J.R. Maze) Dorn; Stipa columbiana Macoun, nom. rej. |
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