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Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.
California brome
       
Symbol:   BRCA5  
Group:   Monocot  
Family:   Poaceae  
Duration:   Annual
Perennial 		 
Growth Habit:   Graminoid  
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



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Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.

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Synonyms:
Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.

  BRCAC2 Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn. var. californicus (Nutt. ex Buckley) Shear  
  BRCAC8 Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn. var. carinatus   California brome
  BRCAH Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn. var. hookerianus (Thurb.) Shear  
  BRLA19 Bromus laciniatus Beal  
  CECA11 Ceratochloa carinata (Hook. & Arn.) Tutin  
 

Distribution:
Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.

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USA (AK, CA, OR, WA), CAN (AB, BC, ON, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 71 species in Bromus
 

Classification:
Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.

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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 carinatus Hook. & Arn. – California brome
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.

California brome
mountain 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.

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.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 40481.

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

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.
 

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CA-Jepson Manual Treatment

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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Native Seed Network

UK-Plants For A Future

UT-Range Plants of Utah
 
 
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