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Origin: Native Season: Warm
Habitat Description: Montane meadows, grassy slopes, moist grasslands, forest edges and open forest habitats.
Plant Communities:Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 5500 - 11500 feet
Similar Species: Bromus anomalus, Bromus ciliatus
Desc:
Stems solitary or in small tufts, slender, usually with fine, short hairs at the nodes. Seedhead is branched, loose, open and nodding.
Identification Notes: Seedheads on 1 to 2 feet stems; up to 4 inches long; drooping. Spikelets rounded; lemmas with short, fine hairs on the back; rhizomes absent. Differs from B. anomalus due to lack of auricles and B. ciliatus which does not have hairy lemmas.
Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass Rhizomes: N Stolons: N
Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N Bushy (highly branched): N
Height with Seedheads: 12 to 24 inches
Seedhead Structure: Branched - open and spreading Seedhead Droops: Y
Flowering Period: Jun - Sep
Number of Flowers per Spikelet: Multi-flowered Spikelets One-sided: N
Awns: Less than 1/4 inch Three Awns: N Awns Bent: N
Flower and Seedhead Notes: Seedhead is branched, open, nodding, sometimes 1-sided, with 1 to 2 spikelets. Spikelets are 3/4 to 1 inch long with mostly 5 to 11 flowers.
Blade Hairy:
N
Blade with White Margins:
N
Blade Cross section:
Flat
Blade Notes:
Both basal and stem leaves, 1/8 to 3/16 inches wide and 1-1/4 to 14 inches long. The leaves may be smooth or occasionally rough to the touch.
Sheath Hairy:
Y
Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar:
N
Ligules:
Membranous
Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area:
N
Forage Value:
Not available.
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