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 elymoides var. californicus |
| 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) | bottle-brush squirrel-tail; bottle brush squirrel tail; bottle-brush squirreltail; bottle brush squirreltail; bottlebrush squirrel-tail; bottlebrush squirrel tail; bottlebrush squirreltail; common squirrel-tail; common squirrel tail; common squirreltail; western squirreltai; western squirrel-tail grass; western squirrel tail grass; western bottle-brush grass; western bottle brush grass; western bottlebrush grass; long-bristled wild-rye; long-bristled wild rye; long-bristle wild-rye; long-bristle wild rye; bushtail grass; bushtail; orchard barley |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | wildrye, wild-rye, wild rye, wild rye grass, rye grass, lyme grass, lyme-grass, lymegrass, wheatgrass, wheat-grass, wheat grass, squirreltail, squirrel-tail, squirrel tail, squirreltail grass, squirrel-tail grass, squirrel tail grass, bottle-brush grass, bottlebrush grass, bottlebrushgrass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; squirreltail barley, squirrel-tail barley, squirrel tail barley are more commonly applied to Hordeum jubatum; bottle-brush, bottle brush are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | California is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. californicus (J.G. Sm.) Barkworth; Sitanion hystrix (Nutt.) J.G. Sm. var. californicum (J.G. Sm.) F.D. Wilson |
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