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 | Poa secunda subsp. juncifolia |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | poa; blue-grass; blue grass; bluegrass; bleu-grass; bleu grass; bleugrass; rispengrass; rispengras |
| Species common name(s) | secund blue-grass; secund bluegrass; one-sided blue-grass; one-sided blue grass; one sided blue grass; one-sided bluegrass; one sided bluegrass; one-sided spear-grass; one-sided spear grass; one-sided speargrass; one sided speargrass; alkali blue-grass; alkali blue grass; alkali bluegrass; alkalai bluegrass |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | Nevada blue-grass [Poa nevadensis]; Nevada blue grass [Poa nevadensis]; Nevada bluegrass [Poa nevadensis]; big blue-grass [Poa ampla]; big blue grass [Poa ampla]; big bluegrass [Poa ampla] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | western bluegrass, sand bluegrass, sand blue-grass, sand blue grasss, alkali poa, unilateral bluegrass are applied to multiple Poa taxa; meadow grass, meadow-grass, meadowgrass, bunch grass, bunch-grass, bunchgrass, spear-grass, speargrass, spear grass, smooth spear grass, tufted spear-grass, tufted spear grass, yellow spear grass, yellow spear-grass, June-grass, June grass, Junegrass, june-grass, june grass, junegrass, curly bluegrass, curly blue-grass, curly blue grass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Poa ampla Merr.; Poa juncifolia Scribn.; Poa nevadensis Scribn. |
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