Calflora: Brachypodium sylvaticum

Brachypodium sylvaticum (Huds.) Beauv.

slender false brome

Brachypodium sylvaticum, a monocot, is a perennial herb that is not native to California.

The California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) classifies the potential impact of Brachypodium sylvaticum on native ecosystems as moderate -- ALERT (plant profile).

Brachypodium sylvaticum is also classified by the California Department of Food and Agriculture as a Noxious Weed List A: Control action required by state agencies. [CDFA Weeds 2010]

Note: TJM2 bloom period: Nov--Dec


Family:	POACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Brachypodium found in California.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS

Other Names:

PLANTS:

Festuca sylvatica

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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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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Del Norte: 1 / 0 CCH Santa Clara: 2 / 0 CCH San Mateo: 155 / 9 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Brachypodium sylvaticum from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (BRSY)

2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database