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 ponticus |
| 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) | rush wheatgrass; rush wheat grass; tall wheatgrass; tall wheat-grass; tall wheat grass; Eurasian quackgrass; Eurasian quack grass; elongated wheatgrass; elongated wheat-grass; elongated wheat grass; elongated wild-rye; elongated wild rye; elongate wheatgrass; elongate wheat-grass; elongate wheat grass; elongate wild-rye; elongate wild rye; elongate wildrye |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | tall wheatgrass, tall wheat-grass, tall wheat grass are applied to Elytrigia pontica (Thinopyrum ponticum) s.l.; wheatgrass, wheat-grass, wheat grass, fool's-wheat, fool's wheat are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Elytrigia elongata (Host) Nevski; Elytrigia pontica (Podp.) Holub subsp. pontica; Thinopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey; Agropyron elongatum (Host) P. Beauv., in part; Elymus elongatus (Host) Runemark var. ponticus (Podp.) Dorn |
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