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Erect brome

Bromus erectus

Also called Upright Brome, Meadow Brome

Erect brome
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
W. & C. Europe to Medit. and Iran, Tibet
Climate
temperate

About

Bromus erectus, commonly known as erect brome, upright brome or meadow brome, is a dense, course, tufted perennial grass. It can grow to 120 centimetres (47 in). Like many brome grasses the plant is hairy. The specific epithet erectus is Latin, meaning "erect". The diploid number of the grass is 56.

Where it grows

Found on well-drained calcerous soils in disturbed areas, fields, and roadsides, B. erectus is widespread in Europe, South West Asia, North West Africa, and has been introduced into North America.

Other Bromus plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bromus erectus 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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