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 | Schoenoplectus pungens var. longispicatus |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Cyperaceae |
| Family common name(s) | sedge; sedges; bulrush |
| Genus common name(s) | schoenoplectus; naked-stemmed bulrush |
| Species common name(s) | common three-square bulrush; common three square bulrush; common threesquare bulrush; common three-square bullrush; common three square bullrush; common three-squared bulrush; common three-square; common three square; common threesquare; common three-cornered grass; common three-cornered sedge; chair-bottom rush; canemaker's rush; spiky club-rush; spiky clubrush; sharp-leaf club-rush; sharp club-rush; sharp-point rush; short swarding sedge; American club-rush |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | three-square bulrush, threesquare bulrush, three-squared bulrush, three-square, three square, threesquare, three-square rush, chairmaker's bulrush, chair-maker's bulrush, chairmaker's clubrush, chair-maker's rush, chair-makers rush, chair-bottom rush, common bulrush are applied to multiple Schoenoplectus taxa; three-cornered grass is applied to multiple Scirpus s.l. taxa; bulrush, bullrush, bull-rush, bull rush, sharp-pointed rush, sharp pointed rush, sharp-leaved rush, sword-grass, sword grass, deergrass, deer-grass, deer grass, grassweed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | American is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scirpus americanus (Pers.) Schinz & R. Keller var. longispicatus Britton; Scirpus pungens Vahl, in part |
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