Bromus ramosus
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| Hairy Brome | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Bromus |
| Species: | B. ramosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bromus ramosus Huds. (1762) |
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Hairy Brome (Bromus ramosus) is a species of plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia.
Unlike most other bromes, it grows in shady sites under trees.
It is a perennial herbaceous bunchgrass, typically reaching 1–2 m - 3-6 ft tall. The leaves are long, usually drooping, 20–50 cm long and 10–15 mm wide, and finely hairy. The flower spike is gracefully arched with pendulous spikelets on long slender stems in pairs on the main stem.
[edit] Subspecies
- Bromus ramosus ssp. benekii – Lesser Hairy Brome
- Bromus ramosus ssp. ramosus
[edit] Name
The name Bromus Ramosus comes from the the term brom, meaning oats.
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