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Aleutian brome

Bromus aleutensis

Also called Brome, Brome, Bromegrass, Chess, Bromes

Aleutian brome
Photo: Chase, Agnes; Hitchcock, A. S., Public domain
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
Aleutian Is. to Canada, Washington, N. Idaho
Climate
temperate

About

Bromus aleutensis, commonly known as the Aleutian brome, is a perennial grass found in North America. B. aleutensis has a diploid number of 56.

Where it grows

Bromus aleutensis grows in sand, gravel, and disturbed soil in the Pacific coast, particularly from the Aleutian Islands (as its specific epithet indicates) to western Washington, though it has been found farther east in lake shores or road edges of Canada and Idaho.

Other Bromus plants

Weedy brome · Nodding brome · Australian brome · Arizona brome · Field brome · Bromus auleticus · Lesser Hairy Brome · Chilean chess · Meadow brome · Patagonian Brome · Rattlesnake brome · Bromus bromoideus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bromus aleutensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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