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Corn brome

Bromus squarrosus

Also called Rough brome, Squarrose Brome

Corn brome
Photo: Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Soviet Union (Former), Turkistan., Public domain
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
C. Europe to Mongolia, Medit. to Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Bromus squarrosus, the rough brome, is a brome grass native to Russia and Europe. The specific epithet squarrosus is Latin, meaning "with spreading tips". The grass has a diploid number of 14.

Where it grows

Bromus squarrosus grows in overgrazed pastures, fields, and road verges. It prefers loamy or alluvial soils. It is native to central Russia and southern Europe, but is naturalized throughout southern Canada and the northern United States.

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 squarrosus 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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