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Bromus arenarius
Also called Australian Chess, Sand Brome, Seaside Brome
Bromus arenarius is a species of brome grass known by the common name Australian brome.
It is native to much of Australia, and it is known in New Zealand and parts of North America as an introduced species. It is an annual grass growing up to 60 centimeters tall. Its narrow leaves are coated in soft hairs. The inflorescence is a wide array of nodding, flat spikelets, each on an individual stalk that may be curved or wavy.
Bromus arenarius is native to southern Australia, though it is introduced to the southern United States, northern Mexico, and northern New Zealand, where it grows in temperate climates. It prefers to grow in dry, sandy slopes and fields.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bromus arenarius 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.
