Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Agrostis airoides Torr.

Common names:

Alkali dropseed (1944-1958) (116, 140)

Alkali grass (1894, SD) (129)

Alkali sacaton (1937-Present) (3, 50, 119, 122, 140, 146, 155)

Bunch grass [Bunch-grass] (1894-1958) (116, 129, 149, 151, 152)

Fine-top (1899, KS) (144)

Fine-top grass [Fine top grass] (1896, NM) (151)

Fine-top salt grass [Fine-top salt-grass] (1901-1913) (5, 94)

Hair-grass (1936, Neb) (93)

Hair-grass dropseed (1913) (5)

Rush grass (1913-1932) (5, 85)

Sacaton (1896, NM) (151)

Salt grass [Salt-grass] (1885-1938) (5, 87, 119, 151)