[Bromes: The Genus Bromus in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Soft Brome, Soft Chess

Bromus hordeaceus

Synonyms: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. divaricatus, Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus, Bromus hordeaceus ssp. molliformis, Bromus hordeaceus ssp. pseudothominei, Bromus hordeaceus ssp. thominei, Bromus hordeaceus var. glabrescens, Bromus hordeaceus var. leptostachy, Bromus mollis, Bromus thominei

Spikelets of Soft Brome, Soft Chess: Bromus hordeaceus (Synonyms: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. divaricatus, Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus, Bromus hordeaceus ssp. molliformis, Bromus hordeaceus ssp. pseudothominei, Bromus hordeaceus ssp. thominei, Bromus hordeaceus var. glabrescens, Bromus hordeaceus var. leptostachy, Bromus mollis, Bromus thominei)

A close-up of the spikelets of what appears to be soft brome, photographed along the first mile of the School Canyon Trail #468, Badger Creek Wilderness.........May 10, 2015.

Soft Brome, Soft Chess: Bromus hordeaceus (Synonyms: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. divaricatus, Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus, Bromus hordeaceus ssp. molliformis, Bromus hordeaceus ssp. pseudothominei, Bromus hordeaceus ssp. thominei, Bromus hordeaceus var. glabrescens, Bromus hordeaceus var. leptostachy, Bromus mollis, Bromus thominei)

What appears to be soft brome, photographed along the first mile of the School Canyon Trail #468, Badger Creek Wilderness.........May 10, 2015.
Paul Slichter