[The Grass Family in Mt. Adams Country]

Bromes of Mt. Adams Country

The Genus Bromus

Bordered California Brome, Mountain Brome: Bromus carinatus var. marginatus (Synonyms: Bromus breviaristatus, Bromus carinatus var. linearis, Bromus luzonensis, Bromus marginatus, Bromus marginatus var. breviaristatus, Bromus marginatus var. latior, Bromus marginatus var. marginatus, Bromus marginatus var. seminudus, Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus, Bromus subvelutinus, Ceratochloa marginata)

Large Mountain Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus

Fringed Brome: Bromus ciliatus (Synonyms: Bromopsis canadensis, Bromopsis ciliata, Bromus canadensis, Bromus ciliatus var. genuinus, Bromus ciliatus var. intonsus, Bromus dudleyi, Bromus richardsonii var. pallidus) -

Bald Brome, Hairy Chess, Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus (Synonym: Bromus commutatus var. apricorum) -

Soft Brome, Soft Chess: Bromus hordeaceus (Synonyms: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus, Bromus mollis) -

Smooth Brome, Hungarian Brome: Bromus inermis (Synonyms: Bromopsis inermis, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis, Bromus inermis var. inermis) -

Field Brome, Japanese Brome: Bromus japonicus (Synonyms: Bromus anatolicus, Bromus arvensis, Bromus japonicus ssp. anatolicus, Bromus japonicus var. porrectus, Bromus patulus)

Chinook Brome, Orcutt Brome: Bromus orcuttianus (Synonym: Bromopsis orcuttiana) -

Pacific Brome: Bromus pacificus (Synonym: Bromopsis pacifica) - Collected at Peterson Prairie.

Arctic Brome: Bromus pumpellianus ssp. pumpellianus -

Rye Brome: Bromus secalinus (Synonyms: Bromus secalinus var. hirsutus , Bromus secalinus var. hirtus) -

California Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus (Synonyms: Bromus carinatus, Bromus carinatus var. californicus, Bromus carinatus var. carinatus, Bromus carinatus var. hookerianus, Ceratochloa carinata) - Collected on the Klickitat River SE of Mt. Adams.

Bordered California Brome, Large Mountain Brome, Mountain Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus (Synonyms: Bromus breviaristatus, Bromus carinatus var. linearis, Bromus carinatus var. marginatus, Bromus marginatus var. breviaristatus, Bromus marginatus var. latior, Bromus marginatus var. seminudus, Ceratochloa marginata) -

Suksdorf's Brome: Bromus suksdorfii (Synonyms: Bromopsis suksdorfii) -

Cheat Grass, Downy Cheat, Downy Chess: Bromus tectorum - Generally found in disturbed soils and along roadsides below 4000 feet on Mt. Adams.

Columbian Brome: Bromus vulgaris (Synonyms: Bromopsis vulgaris, Bromus vulgaris var. eximius, Bromus vulgaris var. robustus, Bromus vulgaris var. vulgaris) -

Unidentified Brome A


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