Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Bromus tectorum L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Anisantha tectorum (L.) Nevski, Bromus tectorum L. var. glabratus Spenner, Bromus tectorum L. var. hirsutus Regel, Bromus tectorum L. var. nudus Klett & Richter

Common names:

Awned brome grass (1913IA) (80)

Cheat grass [Cheatgrass] (1939-Present) (50, 146)

Cheatgrass brome (1942-1944) (140, 155)

Downy brome (1939-1977) (3, 146, 155)

Downy brome grass [Downy brome-grass, Downy bromegrass] (1901-1944) (5, 56, 62, 72, 80, 85, 94, 119, 140, 143, 148)

Downy chess (1936-1944) (122, 140, 143, 146)

Festuca avenacea sterilis humilior (1622, Bauhin) (46)

Gramen avencaeum locustis villosis angustis canticantibus et aristis (1694, Tournefort) (46)

Military grass (1939, MT) (146)

Slender chess (1912, IN) (62)

Taklosta (1879, Swedish) (46)