Bromus tectorum L.
cheatgrass
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Cassondra Skinner. Bureau of Land Management. United States, ID, Bureau of Land Management Jarbidge Resource Area. April 24, 2007. Usage Requirements.
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Images:
Bromus tectorum L.
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Synonyms:
Bromus tectorum L.
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ANTE6 |
Anisantha tectorum (L.) Nevski |
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BRTEG |
Bromus tectorum L. var. glabratus Spenner |
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BRTEH |
Bromus tectorum L. var. hirsutus Regel |
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BRTEN |
Bromus tectorum L. var. nudus Klett & Richt. |
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Distribution:
Bromus tectorum L.
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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, 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, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL) |
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Related Taxa:
Bromus tectorum L.
View
338 genera in Poaceae,
71 species in Bromus
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Classification:
Bromus tectorum L.
Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS
Classification Report.
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Noxious Weed Information:
Bromus tectorum 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.
Colorado: |
downy brome |
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C list (noxious weeds) |
Connecticut: |
drooping brome-grass |
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Potentially invasive, banned |
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U.S. Weed Information:
Bromus tectorum L.
cheatgrass
downy brome
early chess
military grass
thatch bromegrass
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.
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Assorted authors.
200_.
State noxious weed lists for 46 states.
State agriculture or natural resource departments.
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Cal-IPC |
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California Invasive Plant Council.
2006.
California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007).
California Invasive Plant Council.
Berkeley, California.
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FLEPPC |
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Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council.
1999.
Invasive plant list (19 October 1999).
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council.
Florida.
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HEAR |
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USDI, Geological Survey.
1999.
Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003).
Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station.
Makawao, Hawaii.
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N'EAST |
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Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso.
1997.
Weeds of the Northeast.
Cornell University Press.
Ithaca, New York.
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NE&GP |
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Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick.
1994.
Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains.
Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry.
Lincoln, Nebraska.
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SEEPPC |
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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.
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SWSS |
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Southern Weed Science Society.
1998.
Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM.
Southern Weed Science Society.
Champaign, Illinois.
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WSWS |
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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.
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Introduced Information:
Bromus tectorum 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 tectorum L.
View photographs from CalPhotos.
View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).
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 40524.
View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).
View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).
View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.
View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.
View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.
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Related Web Sites:
Bromus tectorum L.
Downy Brome Publications
MT-Montana State University Weed Science
NE-University of Nebraska Weed Publications
Rocky Mountain National Park Exotic Plant Species Assessment
Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food: weed identification
Swedish Virtual Flora: images and text (in Swedish)
TNC-Weeds on the Web
WV-Identification of Common Grasses (line drawings of collar area)
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