PLANTS Profile for Vulpia bromoides (brome fescue)

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Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray
brome fescue

Symbol:

VUBR

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
CAN		I

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Line Drawing of Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray

Festuca dertonensis

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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Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray

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Synonyms:
Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray

	BRDE5	Bromus dertonensis All.
	FEBR4	Festuca bromoides L.
	FEDE2	Festuca dertonensis (All.) Asch. & Graebn.
	VUDE	Vulpia dertonensis (All.) Gola

Distribution:
Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray


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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, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MO, MT, NC, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA), USA+ (PR), CAN (BC, NT)

Related Taxa:
Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 11 species in Vulpia

Classification:
Vulpia bromoides (L.) 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	Vulpia C.C. Gmel. – fescue
Species	Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray – brome fescue

Introduced Information:
Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray

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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Wetland Indicator Status:
Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

UPL,FACW

FACW

UPL

FAC

FACW

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account and distribution map 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 42261.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Related Web Sites:
Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray

Weed Science Society of America

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 07:18 PM MDT