Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants

Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) Beauv. ex J. Presl & C. Presl

Family: Poaceae

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Arrhenatherum avenaceum Beauv., Arrhenatherum bulbosum Presl.

Common names:

Butter twitch (1913) (5)

Button grass (1913) (5)

Button twitch (1913) (5)

Evergreen grass (1884-1913) (5, 45, 67, 87, 88)

False oat grass [False oat-grass] (1896-1913) (5, 45, 56, 68)

French rye grass [French rye-grass] (1896) (45)

Gramen avenaceum elatius juba longa splendete (1619, Robert Morison) (46)

Grass-of-the-Andes [Grass of the Andes] (1913) (5)

Hever grass (1913) (5)

Knyl-hafre (1879, Swedish) (46)

Meadow oat grass (1884-1890) (68, 87, 88)

Oat grass [Oatgrass, Oat-grass] (1901-1932) (5, 56, 68, 85, 92)

Onion grass (1913) (5)

Onion twitch (1913) (5)

Pearl grass (1913-1977) (5, 3, 5)

Randall grass (1890) (67)

Ray grass (1890-1903, in France) (66, 67)

Tall meadow oat grass (1884-1903) (56, 66,68, 87)

Tall oat grass [Tall oatgrass, Tall oatgrass] (1884-Present) (50, 11, 45, 66, 68, 87, 88, 94, 109, 111, 129, 138, 140, 143, 155)

Tuber oat grass [Tuber oatgrass] (1923) (138)