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Learn more about Bromus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Bromus commutatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bromus racemosus
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-14-010:
Bromus commutatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Bromus racemosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus commutatus
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Chess, Meadow Brome
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_brco4_001_lvd
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Bryan England bry_b_commutatus1
June Wake County NC
Wilkerson Nature Preserve
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Bryan England bry_b_commutatus1b
June Wake County NC
Wilkerson Nature Preserve
Panicle relatively open, branches stiff, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bryan England bry_b_commutatus2
June Wake County NC
Wilkerson Nature Preserve
Pedicels longer than the spikelets; lemma awns 5-12mm long, straight, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bryan England bry_b_commutatus3
June Wake County NC
Wilkerson Nature Preserve
Sheaths retrorsely pilose; blades more or less pubescent, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.