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Bromus secalinus L.
rye brome

       
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Photo of Bromus secalinus L.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Cyprus. Usage Requirements.
 
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Bromus secalinus L.

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Distribution:
Bromus secalinus L.

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USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NB, NS, ON, QC, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Bromus secalinus L.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 71 species in Bromus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Bromus secalinus L. var. decipiens Bomble & H. Scholz. .
Bromus secalinus var. decipiens
Distribution of Bromus secalinus L. var. secalinus. .
Bromus secalinus var. secalinus
rye brome
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Bromus secalinus L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Cyperales
Family Poaceae – Grass family
Genus Bromus L. – brome
Species Bromus secalinus L. – rye brome
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Bromus secalinus L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Arkansas:
cheat, chess              Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Bromus secalinus L.

bromegrass
cheat
chess
rye brome

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Bromus secalinus L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Bromus secalinus L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40519.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Bromus secalinus L.

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants: distribution map

CalFlora: database occurrence

 
 
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