PLANTS Profile for Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus (soft brome)

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Bromus hordeaceus L. ssp. hordeaceus
soft brome

Symbol:

BRHOH

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
HI		I
CAN		I
GL		I
SPM		I

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Line Drawing of Bromus hordeaceus L. ssp. hordeaceus

Bromus mollis

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Bromus hordeaceus L. ssp. hordeaceus

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Synonyms:
Bromus hordeaceus L. ssp. hordeaceus

BRMO2

Bromus mollis auct. non L.

Distribution:
Bromus hordeaceus L. ssp. hordeaceus


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, QC, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Bromus hordeaceus L. ssp. hordeaceus

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 71 species in Bromus, 5 subspecies in Bromus hordeaceus L.

Classification:
Bromus hordeaceus L. ssp. hordeaceus

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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 hordeaceus L. – soft brome
Subspecies	Bromus hordeaceus L. ssp. hordeaceus – soft brome

U.S. Weed Information:
Bromus hordeaceus L. ssp. hordeaceus

Bromus hordeaceus
soft brome
soft chess
Bromus mollis
soft brome
soft cheat
soft chess

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above 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.

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 hordeaceus L. ssp. hordeaceus

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Bromus hordeaceus L. ssp. hordeaceus

Bromus mollis:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU-

UPL

FACU-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Bromus hordeaceus L. ssp. hordeaceus

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 523697.

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

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