OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bromus commutatus   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bromus racemosus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Bromus racemosus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Bromus commutatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Bromus commutatus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-14-010:

Bromus commutatus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Bromus racemosus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Bromus commutatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Bromus commutatus

 

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Chess, Meadow Brome


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image of Bromus commutatus, Hairy Chess, Meadow Brome

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_brco4_001_lvd

        

image of Bromus commutatus, Hairy Chess, Meadow Brome

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_041

        

image of Bromus commutatus, Hairy Chess, Meadow Brome

Bryan England    bry_b_commutatus1

June    Wake County    NC

Wilkerson Nature Preserve

image of Bromus commutatus, Hairy Chess, Meadow Brome

Bryan England    bry_b_commutatus1b

June    Wake County    NC

Wilkerson Nature Preserve

Panicle relatively open, branches stiff, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Bromus commutatus, Hairy Chess, Meadow Brome

Bryan England    bry_b_commutatus2

June    Wake County    NC

Wilkerson Nature Preserve

Pedicels longer than the spikelets; lemma awns 5-12mm long, straight, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Bromus commutatus, Hairy Chess, Meadow Brome

Bryan England    bry_b_commutatus3

June    Wake County    NC

Wilkerson Nature Preserve

Sheaths retrorsely pilose; blades more or less pubescent, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bromus commutatus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bromus racemosus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bromus racemosus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Bromus commutatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Bromus commutatus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-14-010:
Bromus commutatus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Bromus racemosus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus commutatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bromus commutatus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3891

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

FRUIT:
Grain reddish

 

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