Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tuckerman

Origin: native

Scientific synonyms: Agrostis altissima (Walt.) Tuckerm., Agrostis elata (Pursh) Trin., Agrostis oreophila Trin., Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tuckerman var. aestivalis Vasey, Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tuckerman var. elata (Pursh) A.S. Hitchc., Agrostis schweinitzii Trin., Cornucopiae perennans Walt.

Common names:

Autumn bentgrass [Autumn bent grass] (1937-1977) (3, 122, 155)

New England bentgrass [New England bent grass] (1913) (5)

Northern red-top (1913) (5)

Perennial bent (1901) (94)

Rough-leaf bentgrass [Rough-leaved bent grass] (1913) (5)

Tall bentgrass [Tall bent grass] (1913) (5)

Tall thingrass [Tall thin grass] (1913) (5)

Taller thingrass [Taller thin grass] (1903) (66)

Thingrass [Thin grass, Thin-grass] (1852-1915) (5, 45, 56, 66, 90, 94, 111, 163)

Twingrass [Twin grass] (1913) (5)

Upland bentgrass [Upland bent grass, Upland bent-grass] (1913-Present) (5, 50, 93, 119)