[gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org] Europe, Asia native, Habitat, Characteristics: Meadow brome is native to Europe and western Asia and widely introduced in North America, where it is considered a noxious weed in some states. It is found in all New England states. Habitat Anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed habitats), meadows and fields Leaf blade width 2 to 4 mm Inflorescence branches the flowers are attached to branches rather than to the main axis of the inflorescence Spikelet length 14 to 30 mm Glume relative length: neither glume is quite as long as all of the florets Awn on glume the glume has no awn One or more florets there is more than one floret per spikelet Lemma awn length 3 to 10 mm Leaf sheath hair type there are hairs on the surface of the leaf sheath, but the hairs do not have blisters at their bases there are no hairs on the surface of the leaf sheath Leaf ligule length 1 to 2.5 mm Anther length 0.7 to 1.7 mm (contributed by Mary Ann Machi)