Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Agrostis scabra Willd.

Family: Poaceae

Origin: native

Scientific synonyms: Agrostis geminata Trin., Agrostis hyemalis (Walt.) B.S.P. var. geminata (Trin.) A.S. Hitchc., Agrostis hyemalis (Walt.) B.S.P. var. tenuis (Tuckerman) Gleason, Agrostis scabra Willd. ssp. septentrionalis (Fern.) A.& D. Löve, Agrostis scabra Willd. var. geminata (Trin.) Swallen

Common names:

Fly-away grass [Fly away grass] (1885-1903) (56, 66, 90)

Hairgrass [Hair grass] (1885-1903) (56, 66, 90, 92)

Mountain bent (1901) (94)

Rough bentgrass [Rough bent grass] (Present) (50)

Ticklegrass [Tickle grass, Tickle-grass] (1876-1977) (3, 11, 66, 90, 92)

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

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