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 | Crypsis schoenoides |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | crypsis |
| Species common name(s) | schoenus-like crypsis; swamp prickle-grass; swamp prickle grass; swamp pricklegrass; swamp timothy; swamp-timothy; swamp timothy-grass; swamp timothy grass; common pricklegrass; longstem pricklegrass; false-timothy; false timothy; fool's-timothy; fool's timothy; rush-like timothy; rushlike timothy |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | pricklegrass, prickle-grass, prickle grass, swamp grass, swampgrass, wild timothy, timothy are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Heleochloa schoenoides (L.) Host |
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