PLANTS Profile for Bromus kalmii (arctic brome)

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Bromus kalmii A. Gray
arctic brome

Symbol:

BRKA2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 277. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Bromus kalmii A. Gray

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Synonyms:
Bromus kalmii A. Gray

	BRKA3	Bromopsis kalmii (A. Gray) Holub
	BRPU10	Bromus purgans auct. non L.
	BRPU4	Bromus purgans L.

Distribution:
Bromus kalmii A. Gray


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USA (CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SD, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Bromus kalmii A. Gray

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 71 species in Bromus

Classification:
Bromus kalmii A. Gray

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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 kalmii A. Gray – arctic brome

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Bromus kalmii A. Gray

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 protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
wild chess		Possibly Extirpated
Maryland:
wild chess		Endangered
New Hampshire:
Kalm's brome-grass		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Bromus kalmii A. Gray

Nat. Ind.

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More Accounts and Images:
Bromus kalmii A. Gray

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 40503.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 06:58 AM MDT