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Nottoway Valley brome

Bromus nottowayanus

Also called Nottoway Brome, Virginia Brome, Nottoway Brome Grass, Nottoway River Brome, Satin Brome

Nottoway Valley brome
Photo: mjpapay, CC BY 4.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
SE. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Bromus nottowayanus, the Nottoway Valley brome or satin brome, is a brome grass native to North America. The specific epithet nottowayanus refers to the Nottoway Valley. The grass has a diploid number of 14.

Where it grows

Bromus nottowayanus occurs in shaded hardwood forests, especially near streams, though usually above the lowest and wettest conditions. It occasionally will occur in dryer places.

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 nottowayanus 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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