Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants

Lolium pratense (Huds.) S.J. Darbyshire

Family: Poaceae

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Festuca elatior L., Festuca elatior L. p.p., Festuca elatior pratensis (Huds.) Hack., Festuca pratensis Huds.

Common names:

Dover grass (1913) (5)

English blue grass (1890) (68)

Evergreen grass (1884-1913) (5, 45, 66, 68, 87)

Fescue grass (1840-1876?) (19, 92)

Frisky grass (1913) (5)

Frisky meadow grass (1913) (5)

Gramen paniculatum arundinaceum spica multiplici (1694, Tournefort) (46)

Meadow fescue (1885-1977) (3, 11, 45, 56, 66, 67, 68, 90, 94, 109, 111, 129, 138, 140, 143, 152, 155)

Meadow fescue grass [Meadow fescue-grass] (1885-1938) (5, 56, 87, 119)

Meadow rye grass [Meadow ryegrass] (Present) (50)

Randall grass (1885-1913) (5, 45, 56, 66, 68, 88)

Tall fescue (1884-1949) (56, 68, 87, 88, 92, 109, 118, 129, 152)

Tall fescue grass [Tall fescue-grass] (1896-1938) (5, 45, 56, 72, 119)

Tall meadow fescue (1896) (45)

Taller fescue (1885-1896) (45, 90)