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Poaceae[HC2](Grass Family)
Synonyms:
Gramineae[HC] 

Notes:

References:

» HC = Hitchcock, C.L., A. Cronquist. 1973. Flora of the Pacific Northwest: An Illustrated Manual. University of Washington Press.

Family information last updated 8/3/2009 by David Giblin.

Taxon (native taxa in boldface)
Common Names
# Synonyms
Henderson's needlegrass
3 synonyms
Indian ricegrass
3 synonyms
Lemmon's needlegrass
3 synonyms
ssp. lemmonii[FNA24, HC2]
 
3 synonyms
Nelson's needlegrass
1 synonym
Nelson's needlegrass
4 synonyms
Nelson's needlegrass
1 synonym
common western needlegrass
1 synonym
California needlegrass
4 synonyms
western needlegrass
2 synonyms
Richardson's ricegrass
1 synonym
Thurber's ricegrass
1 synonym
Aegilops cylindrica Host[FNA24, HC, HC2]
jointed goatgrass
3 synonyms
crested wheatgrass
0 synonyms
Siberian wheatgrass
1 synonym
colonial bentgrass
5 synonyms
Highland bentgrass, dryland browntop
0 synonyms
California bentgrass
0 synonyms
Agrostis exarata Trin.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
spiked bentgrass
16 synonyms
black bentgrass
4 synonyms
Agrostis idahoensis Nash[FNA24, HC, HC2]
Idaho bentgrass
5 synonyms
Merten's bentgrass, northern bentgrass
5 synonyms
small-leaf bentgrass
2 synonyms
Oregon bentgrass
0 synonyms
Agrostis pallens Trin.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
seashore bentgrass
3 synonyms
Agrostis scabra Willd.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
rough bentgrass
8 synonyms
spreading bentgrass
6 synonyms
alpine bentgrass
0 synonyms
silver hairgrass
1 synonym
var. caryophyllea[FNA24, HC2]
silver hairgrass
0 synonyms
Aira praecox L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
early silver hairgrass
1 synonym
little foxtail, short-awn foxtail
0 synonyms
little foxtail, short-awn foxtail
0 synonyms
creeping meadow-foxtail
1 synonym
tufted meadow-foxtail
2 synonyms
water foxtail
1 synonym
slender meadow-foxtail
1 synonym
Alopecurus pratensis L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
field meadow-foxtail
0 synonyms
Pacific meadow-foxtail
1 synonym
European beachgrass
0 synonyms
ssp. arenaria[FNA24, HC2]
European beachgrass
0 synonyms
American beachgrass
0 synonyms
ssp. breviligulata[FNA24, HC2]
American beachgrass
0 synonyms
annual vernalgrass
2 synonyms
ssp. aristatum[FNA24, HC2]
small sweet vernal grass
0 synonyms
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
sweet vernalgrass
2 synonyms
dense silky-bent
1 synonym
threeawn
0 synonyms
red threeawn
5 synonyms
barbed oats
0 synonyms
Avena fatua L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
wild oats
2 synonyms
Avena sativa L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
cultivated oats
3 synonyms
American sloughgrass
5 synonyms
false brome
0 synonyms
false brome
0 synonyms
Briza maxima L.[FNA24, HC2]
big quakinggrass
0 synonyms
Australian brome
0 synonyms
rattlesnake brome
1 synonym
Bromus ciliatus L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
fringed brome
7 synonyms
meadow brome
1 synonym
great brome, ripgut brome, ripgut grass
4 synonyms
soft chess
2 synonyms
Bromus inermis Leyss.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
smooth brome
3 synonyms
Japanese brome
2 synonyms
Bromus orcuttianus Vasey[FNA24, HC, HC2]
Chinook brome
1 synonym
Bromus pacificus Shear[FNA24, HC, HC2]
Pacific brome
1 synonym
arctic brome
9 synonyms
ssp. pumpellianus[FNA24, HC2]
arctic brome
0 synonyms
bald brome
0 synonyms
Bromus rubens L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
fox-tail brome
2 synonyms
Bromus secalinus L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
rye brome
2 synonyms
Bromus sitchensis Trin.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
Alaska brome, Sitka brome
0 synonyms
Aleut brome
1 synonym
California brome
5 synonyms
large mountain brome
7 synonyms
Sitka brome
0 synonyms
corn brome
1 synonym
Bromus sterilis L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
poverty brome
1 synonym
Bromus suksdorfii Vasey[FNA24, HC, HC2]
Suksdorf's brome
1 synonym
Bromus tectorum L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
soft brome, cheatgrass
4 synonyms
Columbian brome
4 synonyms
bluejoint reedgrass
3 synonyms
var. canadensis[FNA24, HC, HC2]
bluejoint reedgrass
7 synonyms
Langsdorff's jointed reedgrass
7 synonyms
Howell's reedgrass
0 synonyms
Nootka reedgrass
1 synonym
purple reedgrass
8 synonyms
pinegrass
1 synonym
slimstem reedgrass
2 synonyms
narrow-spiked reedgrass
23 synonyms
ssp. stricta[FNA24, HC2]
narrow-spiked reedgrass
4 synonyms
Rainier reedgrass
1 synonym
Cascade reedgrass
1 synonym
prairie sandreed
0 synonyms
var. longifolia[FNA24, HC2]
prairie sandgrass, prairie sandreed
0 synonyms
longspine sandbur, mat sandbur
1 synonym
slender wood-reed
0 synonyms
moss grass
0 synonyms
purple pampas grass
0 synonyms
gray hairgrass
1 synonym
foxtail pricklegrass
1 synonym
modest pricklegrass
0 synonyms
bermuda grass
2 synonyms
Cynosurus cristatus L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
crested dogtail
0 synonyms
Cynosurus echinatus L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
bristly dog's-tail grass
0 synonyms
Dactylis glomerata L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
orchard grass
3 synonyms
California oatgrass
4 synonyms
common heath-grass, mountain heath-grass
2 synonyms
timber oatgrass
2 synonyms
poverty oatgrass
3 synonyms
few-flower oatgrass, one-spike oatgrass
0 synonyms
tufted hairgrass
23 synonyms
annual hairgrass
3 synonyms
slender hairgrass
1 synonym
hairy perennial panicgrass
0 synonyms
hairy panicgrass
3 synonyms
Scribner's perennial panicgrass
0 synonyms
Scribner's panicgrass witchgrass
6 synonyms
smooth crabgrass
3 synonyms
hairy crabgrass
2 synonyms
clustered salt-grassprangletop, loose-flowered sprangletop
1 synonym
bearded sprangletop
8 synonyms
alkaline grass, coastal
10 synonyms
barnyard grass, large barnyard grass
4 synonyms
American barnyard-grass
0 synonyms
American barnyard grass, American watergrass
3 synonyms
Montana wild rye
10 synonyms
Canadian wild rye
1 synonym
var. canadensis[FNA24, HC2]
Canadian wild rye, nodding wild rye
3 synonyms
beardless wild rye, awnless wildrye
3 synonyms
bottlebrush, squirreltail
4 synonyms
longleaf squirreltail
1 synonym
ssp. elymoides[FNA24, HC2]
bottlebrush squirreltail, California squirreltail
2 synonyms
bottlebrush, squirreltail
3 synonyms
blue wild-rye
0 synonyms
ssp. glaucus[FNA24, HC2]
blue wildrye
4 synonyms
blue wildrye
3 synonyms
 
3 synonyms
Elymus hirsutus J. Presl[FNA24, HC, HC2]
boreal wildrye, Northwest wildrye
0 synonyms
thick-spiked wheatgrass
1 synonym
ssp. lanceolatus[FNA24, HC2]
thick-spiked wheatgrass
3 synonyms
sand-dune wheatgrass
1 synonym
stream bank wheatgrass
1 synonym
big squirreltail
1 synonym
creeping wildrye
8 synonyms
Scribner's wildrye
1 synonym
slender wheatgrass
4 synonyms
ssp. trachycaulus[FNA24, HC2]
bearded wheatgrass
17 synonyms
arctic wheatgrass, bearded wheatgrass
11 synonyms
wawawai wildrye
0 synonyms
stinkgrass
3 synonyms
weeping lovegrass
0 synonyms
teal lovegrass
1 synonym
six-weeks lovegrass
0 synonyms
Mexican lovegrass
0 synonyms
Mexican lovegrass, orcutt's lovegrass
2 synonyms
little lovegrass
2 synonyms
tufted lovegrass
3 synonyms
var. pectinacea[FNA25, HC2]
purple eragrostis, tufted eragrostis
1 synonym
India lovegrass
2 synonyms
var. pilosa[FNA25, HC2]
India lovegrass
0 synonyms
annual false wheatgrass
2 synonyms
alpine fescue
5 synonyms
ssp. brachyphylla[FNA24, HC2]
alpine fescue
1 synonym
Colorado alpine fescue
0 synonyms
prairie fescue
3 synonyms
fine-leaf sheep fescue
4 synonyms
Festuca idahoensis Elmer[FNA24, HC, HC2]
bluebunch fescue, Idaho fescue
8 synonyms
western fescue
1 synonym
Roemer's fescue
1 synonym
Roemer's fescue
0 synonyms
red fescue
6 synonyms
Rocky Mountain fescue
0 synonyms
Rocky Mountain fescue
2 synonyms
 
3 synonyms
Festuca subulata Trin.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
bearded fescue
0 synonyms
crinkle-awn fescue
0 synonyms
hard fescue
6 synonyms
Valais fescue
0 synonyms
Festuca viridula Vasey[FNA24, HC, HC2]
green-leaf fescue
0 synonyms
Washington fescue
0 synonyms
small floating mannagrass
1 synonym
Canada mannagrass, rattlesnake mannagrass
1 synonym
var. canadensis[FNA24, HC2]
rattlesnake mannagrass
0 synonyms
low glyceria, waxy mannagrass
0 synonyms
tall mannagrass
0 synonyms
water mannagrass
0 synonyms
American mannagrass, reed mannagrass
3 synonyms
var. grandis[FNA24, HC2]
reed mannagrass
0 synonyms
slender-spike mannagrass
1 synonym
tall mannagrass
0 synonyms
northwestern mannagrass
0 synonyms
fowl mannagrass
5 synonyms
beardless graphephorum
1 synonym
needle-and-thread
1 synonym
ssp. comata[FNA24, HC2]
needle and thread
2 synonyms
California sweetgrass
2 synonyms
hairy sweetgrass, vanillagrass
4 synonyms
Holcus lanatus L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
common velvet-grass
1 synonym
creeping softgrass, creeping velvet-grass
0 synonyms
ssp. mollis[FNA24, HC2]
creeping velvet-grass
0 synonyms
meadow barley
2 synonyms
meadow barley
5 synonyms
dwarf barley
1 synonym
foxtail barley
1 synonym
ssp. jubatum[FNA24, HC2]
foxtail barley
0 synonyms
Mediterranean barley
0 synonyms
Mediterranean barley
7 synonyms
mouse barley, smooth barley, wall barley
0 synonyms
mouse barley
4 synonyms
mouse barley
2 synonyms
ssp. murinum[FNA24, HC2]
mouse barley
1 synonym
barley
4 synonyms
ssp. vulgare[FNA24, HC2]
common barley
0 synonyms
Koeler's prairie grass, prairie Junegrass
6 synonyms
rice cutgrass
2 synonyms
Great Basin wildrye
6 synonyms
giant wildrye
0 synonyms
sand wildrye
3 synonyms
American dunegrass
4 synonyms
ssp. mollis[FNA24, HC2]
yellow ryegrass
2 synonyms
mammoth lyme grass, mammoth wildrye
4 synonyms
beardless lyme grass, beardless wildrye
5 synonyms
Vancouver wildrye
3 synonyms
Lolium multiflorum Lam.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
annual ryegrass, Italian ryegrass, perennial ryegrass
7 synonyms
Lolium perenne L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
English ryegrass, perennial ryegrass
2 synonyms
Persian ryegrass
0 synonyms
darnel, tare
3 synonyms
ssp. temulentum[FNA24, HC2]
darnel
1 synonym
bearded melic grass
0 synonyms
bulbous onion grass, bulbous oniongrass
7 synonyms
Melica fugax Bol.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
small melic grass
3 synonyms
Melica harfordii Bol.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
Harford's melic grass
1 synonym
Smith's melic grass
2 synonyms
showy melic grass
2 synonyms
Alaska oniongrass
2 synonyms
Chinese silvergrass
0 synonyms
foxtail muhly
1 synonym
alkali muhly, scratchgrass
1 synonym
pullup muhly
3 synonyms
spiked muhly
2 synonyms
wirestem muhly
1 synonym
annual muhly, least muhly
3 synonyms
matted muhly
2 synonyms
white-grain mountain ricegrass
0 synonyms
witchgrass
0 synonyms
ssp. capillare[FNA24, HC2]
common panicgrass, witchgrass
2 synonyms
fall panicum
0 synonyms
fall panicum, western witchgrass
2 synonyms
millet
0 synonyms
ssp. miliaceum[FNA24, HC2]
broomcorn, hog millet, panic millet, proso millet
0 synonyms
broomcorn, hog millet, panic millet
0 synonyms
 
0 synonyms
sicklegrass
0 synonyms
western wheatgrass
7 synonyms
Paspalum distichum L.[FNA25, HC, HC2]
knotgrass, Thompsongrass
3 synonyms
Phalaris arundinacea L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
reed canarygrass
3 synonyms
Phalaris canariensis L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
common canary grass
0 synonyms
Phleum alpinum L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
mountain timothy
0 synonyms
timothy
0 synonyms
ssp. pratense[FNA24, HC2]
common timothy
3 synonyms
common reed
1 synonym
common reed
0 synonyms
ssp. australis[FNA25, HC2]
common reed
0 synonyms
little mountain-ricegrass
2 synonyms
nodding semaphore grass
1 synonym
Poa alpina L.[HC, HC2]
alpine bluegrass
0 synonyms
ssp. alpina[FNA24, HC2]
alpine bluegrass
0 synonyms
Poa annua L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
annual bluegrass
2 synonyms
Arctic bluegrass
1 synonym
arctic bluegrass
0 synonyms
Poa bolanderi Vasey[FNA24, HC, HC2]
Bolander's bluegrass
1 synonym
bulbous bluegrass
0 synonyms
bulbous bluegrass
0 synonyms
Poa compressa L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
flat-stem bluegrass
0 synonyms
Poa confinis Vasey[FNA24, HC, HC2]
coastline bluegrass
0 synonyms
Poa curtifolia Scribn.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
little mountain bluegrass, Wenatchees bluegrass
0 synonyms
Cusick's bluegrass
0 synonyms
ssp. cusickii[FNA24, HC2]
Cusick's bluegrass
3 synonyms
skyline bluegrass
2 synonyms
Cusick's bluegrass
0 synonyms
Cusick's bluegrass
1 synonym
muttongrass
0 synonyms
Vasey's muttongrass
0 synonyms
muttongrass
2 synonyms
glaucous bluegrass
0 synonyms
timberline bluegrass
2 synonyms
Howell's bluegrass
2 synonyms
weak bluegrass
0 synonyms
Poa interior Rydb.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
interior bluegrass, woods bluegrass
2 synonyms
Poa laxiflora Buckley[FNA24, HC, HC2]
loose-flower bluegrass
0 synonyms
Poa leibergii Scribn.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
Leiberg's bluegrass
1 synonym
Poa leptocoma Trin.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
marsh bluegrass
1 synonym
Poa lettermanii Vasey[FNA24, HC, HC2]
Letterman's bluegrass
2 synonyms
Poa macrantha Vasey[FNA24, HC, HC2]
sand-dune bluegrass
2 synonyms
Poa marcida Hitchc.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
withered bluegrass
1 synonym
 
1 synonym
Poa nemoralis L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
woodland bluegrass
0 synonyms
Hooker's bluegrass
1 synonym
Poa palustris L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
fowl bluegrass
4 synonyms
Alaska bluegrass
3 synonyms
Kentucky bluegrass
0 synonyms
Kentucky bluegrass
0 synonyms
Kentucky bluegrass
0 synonyms
ssp. pratensis[FNA24, HC2]
Kentucky bluegrass
2 synonyms
 
0 synonyms
alkali bluegrass, big bluegrass, Nevada bluegrass
8 synonyms
ssp. secunda[FNA24, HC2]
curly blue grass
14 synonyms
narrow-flowered bluegrass
2 synonyms
var. stenantha[FNA24, HC2]
narrow-flower bluegrass
0 synonyms
Suksdorf's bluegrass, western bluegrass
0 synonyms
Poa trivialis L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
rough-stalk bluegrass
0 synonyms
rough-stalk bluegrass
0 synonyms
sea-bluff bluegrass
0 synonyms
San Francisco bluegrass
1 synonym
Poa wheeleri Vasey[FNA24, HC2]
Wheeler's bluegrass
2 synonyms
Alaska bent, arctic bent
1 synonym
alpine bent, mountain bent
1 synonym
Thurber's bent
1 synonym
ditch rabbit's-foot grass
1 synonym
Mediterranean rabbit's-foot grass
0 synonyms
annual rabbit's-foot grass
1 synonym
beardless rabbit's-foot grass
4 synonyms
Russian wild-rye
2 synonyms
bluebunch wheatgrass
11 synonyms
European alkaligrass, weeping alkaligrass
6 synonyms
coast alkaligrass
1 synonym
Nootka alkaligrass, shining alkaligrass
6 synonyms
Nuttall's alkali grass
2 synonyms
small alkaligrass
4 synonyms
blowout grass
0 synonyms
broadleaf bamboo
0 synonyms
tall fescue, tall rye grass
5 synonyms
meadow fescue, meadow rye grass
2 synonyms
broom bluestem, little bluestem
2 synonyms
var. scoparium[FNA25, HC2]
broom beardgras, broom bluestem, little bluestem
0 synonyms
common hardgrass
1 synonym
Scribner's grass
0 synonyms
Secale cereale L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
cultivated rye
1 synonym
narrow rye
1 synonym
Chinese foxtail
0 synonyms
Italian bristlegrass, foxtail millet
0 synonyms
yellow bristlegrass, yellow foxtail
0 synonyms
cattail grass
1 synonym
ssp. pumila[FNA25, HC2]
yellow foxtail
3 synonyms
hooked bristlegrass, rough bristlegrass
3 synonyms
green bristlegrass, green foxtail
4 synonyms
var. viridis[FNA25, HC2]
green bristlegrass, green foxtail
0 synonyms
sorghum
1 synonym
Johnson grass, Johnsongrass
1 synonym
saltwater cordgrass, smooth cordgrass
2 synonyms
English cordgrass
0 synonyms
Chilean cordgrass
0 synonyms
Spartina gracilis Trin.[FNA25, HC, HC2]
alkali cordgrass
0 synonyms
saltmeadow cordgrass
2 synonyms
Spartina pectinata Link[FNA25, HC, HC2]
freshwater cordgrass, prairie cordgrass
2 synonyms
Townsend's cordgrass
0 synonyms
slender wedgescale
2 synonyms
prairie wedgescale
3 synonyms
alkali sacaton
1 synonym
composite dropseed, tall dropseed
3 synonyms
var. compositus[FNA25, HC2]
rough dropseed
0 synonyms
sand dropseed
4 synonyms
small dropseed
1 synonym
poverty dropseed
0 synonyms
medusa-head
2 synonyms
intermediate wheatgrass
4 synonyms
pubescent wheatgrass
5 synonyms
ssp. intermedium[FNA24, HC2]
intermediate wheatgrass
0 synonyms
Eurasian wheatgrass
5 synonyms
pale false manna grass
0 synonyms
weak alkaligrass
9 synonyms
ravennagrass
1 synonym
purple sandgrass
0 synonyms
var. purpurea[FNA25, HC2]
purple sandgrass
0 synonyms
tall false oat
4 synonyms
Trisetum cernuum Trin.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
nodding trisetum
0 synonyms
narrow false oat, spike trisetum
21 synonyms
Triticum aestivum L.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
bread wheat
5 synonyms
mountain hairgrass
10 synonyms
ventenata
2 synonyms
brome fescue
4 synonyms
small fescue
3 synonyms
rattail fescue, rattail six-weeks grass
5 synonyms
six–weeks fescue
2 synonyms
six-weeks fescue
2 synonyms
var. octoflora[FNA24, HC2]
six-weeks fescue
1 synonym
northern wild rice
0 synonyms
var. palustris[FNA24, HC2]
northern wild rice
2 synonyms