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Bromus catharticus Vahl
rescuegrass

       
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Photo of Bromus catharticus Vahl
Bromus brevis

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Uruguay. Usage Requirements.
 
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Images:
Bromus catharticus Vahl

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Synonyms:
Bromus catharticus Vahl

  BRBR81 Bromus brevis Nees ex Steud.  
  BRHA Bromus haenkeanus (J. Presl) Kunth  
  BRUN Bromus unioloides Kunth  
  BRWI Bromus willdenowii Kunth   prairiegrass
  CECA12 Ceratochloa cathartica (Vahl) Herter  
  CEUN3 Ceratochloa unioloides (Willd.) Raspail, nom. illeg., non Bromus unioloides Kunth  
  CEWI Ceratochloa willdenowii (Kunth) W.A. Weber  
  FEUN Festuca unioloides (Willd.) Raspail, nom. illeg., non Bromus unioloides Kunth  
 

Distribution:
Bromus catharticus Vahl

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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA), CAN (AB, LB, ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Bromus catharticus Vahl

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 71 species in Bromus
 

Classification:
Bromus catharticus Vahl

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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 catharticus Vahl – rescuegrass
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Bromus catharticus Vahl

rescue brome
rescue grass

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.

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 catharticus Vahl

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 catharticus Vahl

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 501066.

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.

 

Related Web Sites:
Bromus catharticus Vahl

Arizona: abstract & image of rescue brome (Bromus catharticus)

Natural History of Hiroshima City: image of florets

Texas A&M: Vascular Plant Image Gallery

 
 
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