Bromus hordeaceus
| Bromus hordeaceus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Bromus |
| Species: | B. hordeaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bromus hordeaceus L. |
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Bromus mollis |
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Bromus hordeaceus, the Soft Brome, is an annual or biennial species of plant in the true grass family (Poaceae). It is also known in North America as Bull Grass, Soft Cheat or Soft Chess.
It is the most common species of Bromus in Britain, found roadsides, waste ground, meadows, cultivated land. It is found throughout Europe, West Asia, and was introduced into North and South America and Australia.
Its Latin name in the book Grasses by C E Hubbard, 1978, published by Penguin books[1] is Bromus mollis. This describes the grass as belonging to a group of closely related species, amongst these Hard Brome, Bromus thominii, the author queries if this is the Bromus hordeaceus species.
[edit] Description
The plant is hairy all over.
It can grow between 10 and 100 cm high, sometimes in tufts, sometimes singly. The culms have between 2 and 5 nodes. The leaves are grey-green. The ligules are 2.5mm high, flat but toothed.
The panicles are up to 16 cm long, grey green to purple. The spikelets have awns. If flowers from May until July.
[edit] Subspecies
- Bromus hordeaceus ssp. ferronii – Least Soft Brome
- Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus
- Bromus hordeaceus ssp. molliformis
- Bromus hordeaceus ssp. pseudothominii
- Bromus hordeaceus ssp. thominei – Lesser Soft Brome
[edit] External links
- ^ Grasses by C E Hubbard, 1978, published by Penguin books
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- UCD IPM Weeds Gallery
- Forest Service Fire Ecology
- Photo gallery
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