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Bromus hordeaceus
© 2009 Keir Morse
Bromus hordeaceus
© 2004 Carol W. Witham
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Bromus hordeaceus  L.
soft brome, soft chess
Bromus hordeaceus, a monocot, is an annual herb that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild.

The California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) classifies the potential impact of Bromus hordeaceus on native ecosystems as limited (plant profile).

Communities: weed, species characteristic of disturbed places
Habitat: disturbed [Walker]
Wetlands:Usually occurs in non wetlands, but occasionally found in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation: between 0 and 3280 feet
Family: POACEAE  
Related:See a list of other species in the genus Bromus found in California.
This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties:
  Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus
Name Status:
Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93
Other Names:
(according to)

TJM2: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. divaricatus
TJM2: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. molliformis
TJM2: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. thominei
TJM2: Bromus mollis




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Distribution by County: See a detailed   Distribution Grid  of this plant in California.
A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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  There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
  There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
  There are reported records.
  There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).
Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH.   Click county name to view records.
    CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
 Information about  Bromus hordeaceus  from other sources:
Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images

website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (BRHO2)

UC Integrated Pest Management Weed Photo Gallery
(profile of this plant as an agricultural weed)

2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley

Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database

    Citation
    Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, based on data contributed by dozens of public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of Calif. Herbaria. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: May 24, 2013).

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