Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants

Dactylis glomerata L.

Family: Poaceae

Origin: introduced

American cock's-foot [American cock's foot] (1901-1903) (56, 66)

Cock's-foot [Cock's foot, Cocksfoot, Cocks-foot] (1896-1949) (5, 45, 46, 68, 109, 143)

Cocks-foot grass [Cock's foot grass, Cocksfoot grass, Cocks' foot grass, Cock's-foot-grass] (1840-1938) (19, 87, 90, 92, 119)

Dew grass (1876-1913) (5, 92)

Gramen paniculatum spicis crassioribus et brevioribus (1694, Tournefort) (46)

Hard grass (1876-1913) (5, 92)

Orchard grass [Orchard-grass, Orchardgrass] (1818-Present) (3, 5, 10, 11, 21, 45, 46, 56, 50, 66, 67, 68, 72, 85, 87, 88, 90, 92, 94, 109, 111, 119, 125, 129, 138, 140, 143, 155, 163)

Rough cock's-foot [Rough cock's foot] (1885-1903) (66, 90, 92)

Rough grass (1876?) (92)