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Non-scientific name:

dog grass

2 Accepted name(s) for "dog grass":

Accepted name
Elymus repens (L.) Gould
Elymus repens subsp. repens

4 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Elymus repens L.	Elymus repens (L.) Gould	Elymus repens (L.) Gould
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Elymus repens (L.) Gould	Elymus repens (L.) Gould	Elymus repens (L.) Gould
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)	Agropyron repens (L.) P.Beauv.	Agropyron repens (L.) P.Beauv.	Elymus repens (L.) Gould
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)	Elymus repens (L.) Gould subsp. repens	Elymus repens subsp. repens	Elymus repens subsp. repens

17 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "dog grass":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
ackerquecke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
chiendent	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
chiendent rampant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
couch grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
coutch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
creeping quackgrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
grama canina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
graminis	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
petit chiendent	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
quack grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
quecke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
quick grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
scutch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
triticum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
triticum repens	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
twitch grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
witchgrass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)