Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Spartina michauxiana Hitchc., Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl. var. juncea (Michx.) A.S. Hitchc., Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl. var. monogyna (M.A. Curtis) Fern., Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link var. suttiei (Farw.) Fern., Spartina pectinata Link

Common names:

Bull grass [Bull-grass] (1913-1928) (5, 119)

Cord grass [Cord-grass, Cordgrass] (1938, OK) (119)

Fall marsh grass (1923, OK) (99)

Fresh-water cord grass (1913) (5)

Prairie cord grass [Prairie cordgrass] (1937-Present) (3, 50, 140, 155)

Rush salt grass [Rush salt-grass] (1852) (163)

Salt-meadow cord grass [Saltmeadow cordgrass] (1937, TX) (122)

Sidu-hi (Omaha-Ponca) (1830) (37)

Slough grass [Slough-grass, Sloughgrass] (1830-1938) (37, 65, 111, 115, 119, 163)

Tall marsh grass [Tall marsh-grass] (1852-1938) (5, 119, 163)

Upland creek stuff (1913) (5)