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Plant - Sue Smith		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Bromus anomalus - nodding brome Synonyms: Bromopsis anomala Plant Form: Grass Family: Poaceae
Plant - Sue Smith


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	Grass Description - Glossary of Grass Terminology Origin: Native Season: Cool Habitat Description: Mostly mountain scrub, oak and pinyon juniper woodlands, ponderosa parklands, aspen groves and mountain meadows. Plant Communities:Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest Elevation: 5000 - 8000 feet Similar Species: Bromus ciliatus, Bromus porteri General Description Desc: Perennial bunchgrass having many stems from one main root mass. Seedheads droop. B. anomalus having culm leaves with midribs that are narrowed just below the collar, as well as auricles. Identification Notes: Perennials without rhizomes; seedheads are branched, nodding; spikelets are rounded and multi-flowered; glumes without hairs; lemmas are densely hairy. Seedheads fewer than B. ciliatus . Blades have midribs that narrow just below the collar. Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass Rhizomes: N Stolons: N Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N Bushy (highly branched): N Height with Seedheads: Greater than 36 inches Seedhead Structure: Branched - open and spreading Seedhead Droops: Y Flowering Period: May - Jul Flower Characteristics 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: Seedheads short, drooping with few spikelets per branch. First glumes 3-nerved, second 5-nerved. Spikelets densely hairy. Vegetative Charcteristics Blade Hairy: Y Blade with White Margins: N Blade Cross section: Flat Blade Notes: Narrow, about 1/8 inch wide, dull bluish green, sparsely hairy. Seedhead blades have midribs that are narrowed just below the collar. Sheath Hairy: Y Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar: N Ligules: Membranous Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area: Y Forage Value: Excellent when available in sufficient quantity.


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