Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bromus pubescens
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bromus pubescens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Bromus pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN (REJECTED NAME) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-14-006:
Bromus purgans FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus purgans var. laeviglumis
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus purgans var. purgans
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bromus laeviglumis
INCLUDED WITHIN (REJECTED NAME) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bromus purgans
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Woodland Brome, Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1596
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Pedicels ascending then later arching-drooping, mostly longer than spikelet, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1597
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Culms with 6-10 leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1599
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1601
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Summit of sheath opposite the ligule lacking a conspicuous tuft of hairs, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1607
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Lemmas uniformly hairy over the entire back-surface..., per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1622
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210624_under_1618
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Lower surface of leaf lacking a conspicuous satiny sheen, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbpubescens_trsp2
June Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Panicle open, branches usually spreading. Spikelets 6-9 flowered, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm190702_9659
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190702_9660
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190702_9660b
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Lemmas 5-7 nerved, rounded, pubescent, 10-11mm long, awns 2.5-6mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bromus pubescens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bromus pubescens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Bromus pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN (REJECTED NAME)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-14-006:
Bromus purgans
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus purgans var. laeviglumis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus purgans var. purgans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bromus laeviglumis
INCLUDED WITHIN (REJECTED NAME)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bromus purgans
2245
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic forests, generally on rocky slopes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Plants not strongly rhizomatous, the stems solitary or tufted
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain reddish
Grain
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