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Chilean chess

Bromus berteroanus

Chilean chess
Photo: Jose Hernandez, Public domain
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Annual
Native range
Ecuador to S. South America
Climate
subtropical

About

Bromus berteroanus, commonly known as Chilean chess, is a species of annual grass in the family Poaceae native to drier areas of North and South America.

Where it grows

Bromus berteroanus is named after its occurrence in Chile, though it is native across western South America; it is native to Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina, and it has been introduced to the western United States from Oregon through California down to Baja California and east to Utah and Nevada. It prefers dry areas in subtropical environments.

Other Bromus plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bromus berteroanus 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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