Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Pseudoroegneria spicata (Pursh) A. Löve ssp. spicata

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Agropyron spicatum (Pursh) Scribn. & Sm., Agropyron vaseyi Scribn. & J.G. Sm., Elymus spicatus (Pursh) Gould, Elytrigia spicata (Pursh) D.R. Dewey, Roegneria spicata (Pursh) Beetle

Common names:

Bearded blue-bunch wheatgrass [Bearded bluebunch wheatgrass] (1942-1944) (140, 155)

Blue-bunch wheatgrass [Bluebunch wheatgrass] (1939-Present) (50, 146)

Bunch grass [Bunch-grass] (1852) (163)

Colorado bluestem [Colorado blue-stem] (1901) (94)

Vasey's bunch grass [Vasey's bunch-grass] (1901) (94)

Western wheatgrass [Western wheat grass, Western wheat-grass] (1898-1907) (56, 72, 94, 118)

Wild wheatgrass [Wild wheat grass] (1901, IA) (56)