list of Latin and synonymous common names of - University of ...

Thell. var. rollandii (Fernald) Hultén, Trichophorum rollandii (Fernald) Hultén) (Rolland‟s bulrush,
soft club-rush)
Poaceae [Graminae] (grass family)
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Barkworth (Eriocoma cuspidata Nutt., Oryzopsis
hymenoides (R. and S.) Ricker., Stipa hymenoides Roem. & Schult.) (Indian rice) (western
USA/Canada species that is occasionally found transplanted in ON)
Achnatherum richardsonii (Link) Barkworth (Stipa richardsonii Link.) (Richardson's needlegrass)
(western USA/Canada species that is occasionally found transplanted in ON)
Aegilops cylindrica Host (Aegilops cylindrica Host var. rubiginosa Popova, Aegilops tauschii auct. non
Coss., Cylindropyrum cylindricum (Host) A. Löve, Triticum cylindricum (Host) Ces., Pass. &
Gibelli (jointed goatgrass)*/** (NY southward; not in Canada)
×Agroelymus adamsii Rouss. (Agroelymus adamsii Rouss) [Agropyron repens × Elymus mollis; this name
will have to be revised because A. repens is now Elymus repens, hence this is now an
intrageneric hybrid] (Adam‟s wheatgrass)
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertner (crested wheat-grass)*/**
Agrostis canina L. (brown bent-grass, maritime bent-grass, velvet bent-grass)
Agrostis capillaris L. (Agrostis sylvatica Huds., Agrostis tenuis L., Agrostis vulgaris With.) (colonial bent
grass, Rhode Island bent-grass, trembling redtop)*
Agrostis gigantea Roth. (Agrostis alba auct non L., Agrostis nigra With.) (black bentgrass, giant bent
grass, giant red top, white red-top)*
Agrostis hyemalis (Walt.) B.S.P. (Agrostis antecedens E.P. Bicknell) (rough hairgrass, rough ticklegrass,
tickle grass, winter bentgrass)
Agrostis mertensii Trin. (Agrostis bakeri Rydb., Agrostis borealis Hartm., Agrostis rupestris auct. non All.
(northern bent-grass, red bent grass)
Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tuckerm. (Agrostis altissima (Walter) Tuck., Agrostis elata (Pursh) Trin.,
Agrostis oreophila Trin., Agrostis schweinitzii Trin., Cornucopiae perennans Walter) (autumn bent
grass, upland bent-grass)
Agrostis scabra Willd. (Agrostis geminata Trin.) (fly-away grass, hairgrass, rough hair grass, ticklegrass)
Agrostis stolonifera L. (Agrostis maritima Lam., Agrostis palustris Huds.) (creeping bent-grass, marsh
bent-grass, redtop, swamp bent-grass)
Aira caryophyllea L. (silver hairgrass)*/** (NS in e. Canada)
Alopecurus aequalis Sobol. (short-awned foxtail, water foxtail)
Alopecurus alpinus Smith (Alopecurus borealis Trin., Alopecurus glaucus Less., Alopecurus occidentalis
Scribn. & Tweedy) (alpine foxtail, mountain foxtail)
Alopecurus genicaulatus L. (marsh foxtail, water foxtail)*
Alopecurus pratensis L. (meadow foxtail)*
Ammophila arenaria (L.) Link (European beachgrass, Nova Scotia false marram-reed)*
Ammophila breviligulata Fern. (American beachgrass, marram-reed, psamma-reed, sand-reed, short-
liguled beachgrass)
Ammophila champlainensis Seymour (Champlain beachgrass) (NY VT ME MA only)
Andropogon gerardii Vitm. (Andropogon chrysocomus Nash, Andropogon furcatus Muhlenb.,
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