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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).





TaxonSchoenoplectus acutus var. occidentalis
groupMonocots
FamilyCyperaceae
Family common name(s)sedge; sedges; bulrush
Genus common name(s)schoenoplectus; naked-stemmed bulrush
Species common name(s)common tule; globe beaked-rush; globe beak-rush; globe beak rush; globe beakrush; globe beak-sedge; globe beak sedge; globe beaksedge; Small globe beak-rush; Small's beakrush; round-headed beaked-rush; round-headed beaked rush; round headed beaked rush; round-headed beak-rush; round-headed beak rush; roundhead beakrush; grass-like beaked-rush; grass-like beaked rush; grass-like beak-rush; grass-like beakrush; grass beak rush; hard-stemmed bulrush; hardstemmed bulrush; hard-stemmed tule; hard stemmed tule; hard-stem bulrush; hardstem bulrush; hard-stem tule; hard stem tule; viscid tule; viscid bulrush; viscid great bulrush; great viscid bulrush
 
Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in bracketsStinson Beach mudflat bulrush [Scirpus rubiginosus]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxatule, bull tule, big bullrush are applied to multiple Scirpus s.l. taxa; common bulrush, great bulrush are applied to multiple Schoenoplectus taxa; California bulrush is more commonly applied to Schoenoplectus californicus; bulrush, bullrush, bull-rush, bull rush, tall bullrush, deergrass, deer-grass, deer grass, grassweed are applied to taxa in multiple families
 
 
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcScirpus acutus Bigelow var. occidentalis (S. Watson) Beetle; Scirpus rubiginosus Beetle
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