Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Coix dactyloides L., Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. occidentale Cutler & Anders., Tripsacum dactyloides L.

Common names:

Buffalo grass (1882-1919) (14, 5, 107)

Bull grass [Bull-grass] (1913-1938) (5, 119)

Eastern gama grass [Eastern gamagrass, Eastern gama-grass] (1852-Present) (50, 155, 163)

Gama grass [Gama-grass, Gamagrass] (1884-1938) (2, 45, 46, 66, 67, 72, 87, 88, 92, 94, 111, 119, 144)

Sesame grass [Sesame-grass] (1876?-1938) (2, 5, 14, 45, 66, 87, 92, 119)

Slough grass (1840-1913) (5, 19, 21)