OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bromus pubescens   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Bromus pubescens, Hairy Woodland Brome, Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome

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).

image of Bromus pubescens, Hairy Woodland Brome, Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome

JK Marlow    jkm210624_1597

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Culms with 6-10 leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Bromus pubescens, Hairy Woodland Brome, Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome

JK Marlow    jkm210624_1599

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Bromus pubescens, Hairy Woodland Brome, Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome

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).

image of Bromus pubescens, Hairy Woodland Brome, Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome

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).

image of Bromus pubescens, Hairy Woodland Brome, Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome

JK Marlow    jkm210624_1622

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Bromus pubescens, Hairy Woodland Brome, Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome

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).

image of Bromus pubescens, Hairy Woodland Brome, Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome

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).

image of Bromus pubescens, Hairy Woodland Brome, Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome

JK Marlow    jkm190702_9659

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Bromus pubescens, Hairy Woodland Brome, Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome

JK Marlow    jkm190702_9660

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Bromus pubescens, Hairy Woodland Brome, Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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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