Arvalis
/ar-VAH-lis/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: arvale
A habitat epithet indicating the plant characteristically grows in open fields — arable, grassy, or cultivated ground. Related to arvensis but used more broadly for any open-field habitat. Appears as arvalis (both genders).
Etymology
From Latin arvalis, meaning "of the fields," from arvum (a ploughed field).
Example
“Poa arvalis is a grass as characteristic of open field communities as the epithet promises.”