Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv. var. canadensis

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Calamagrostis anomala Suksdorf, Calamagrostis atropurpurea Nash, Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv. var. pallida (Vasey & Scribn.) Stebbins, Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv. var. robusta Vasey, Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv. var. typica Stebbins, Calamagrostis expansa (Munro ex Hbd.) A.S. Hitchc. var. robusta (Vasey) Stebbins, Calamagrostis inexpansa Gray var. cuprea Kearney, Calamagrostis inexpansa Gray var. robusta (Vasey) Stebbins, Calamagrostis scribneri Beal

Common names:

Blue-joint [Blue joint, Bluejoint] (1894-Present) (50, 75)

Scribner's reed grass [Scribner reedgrass] (1942) (155)