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 glaucus subsp. virescens |
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) | glaucous wild-rye; glaucous wild rye; glaucous rye-grass; glaucous rye grass; blue wild-rye; blue wild rye; blue wildrye; blue rye-grass; blue rye grass; blue ryegrass; blue lyme rye; common western wild-rye; common western wild rye; common western wildrye; woodland rye-grass; woodland rye grass; wax-rye |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | Virginia wildrye, Virginia wild-rye are more properly applied to Elymus virginicus; smooth wild-rye, smooth wild rye, woodland wild-rye, woodland wild rye, woodland wildrye are applied to multiple Elymus taxa; Pacific wildrye, Pacific wild rye, Pacific wild-rye, Pacific rye-grass, Pacific rye grass, Pacific ryegrass, wildrye, wild-rye, wild rye, wild rye grass, western wildrye, western wild-rye, western wild rye, rye grass, western ryegrass, western rye-grass, western rye grass, western rye, 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 |
| Notes | Pacific is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Elymus virescens Piper |
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