Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Panicum virgatum L.

Origin: native

Common names:

Black bent (1894, SD) (129)

Black bent grass [Black-bent grass] (1913) (5)

False redtop [False red top] (1894, SD) (129)

H'ade wathazhinde (1830, Ponca) (37)

Switchgrass [Switch grass, Switch-grass] (1852-Present) (3, 50, 56, 75, 78, 85, 87, 88, 90, 94, 98, 99, 109, 111, 115, 119, 122, 129, 140, 144, 155, 163)

Tall panic grass (1884-1894) (87, 88, 90, 129)

Tall smooth panic grass (1885-1903) (66, 90)

Tall smooth panicum (1894-1907) (72, 131)

Thatch grass (1888-1913) (5, 5, 11, 37)

Wild redtop [Wild red-top] (1894-1938) (5, 75, 93, 119)

Wobsqua grass (1913) (5)