Bromus pubescens

Bromus pubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Bromus
Species:	B. pubescens
Binomial name
	Bromus pubescens; Muhl. ex Willd.
Synonyms
	Bromopsis pubescens (Muhl. ex Willd.) Holub; Bromus ciliatus fo. laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Wiegand; Bromus ciliatus subvar. laevivaginatus (Wiegand) Farw.; Bromus ciliatus var. laeviglumis Scribn. ex Shear; Bromus hookeri var. pubescens (Muhl. ex Willd.) E. Fourn.; Bromus laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Hitchc.; Bromus purgans fo. glabriflorus Wiegand; Bromus purgans fo. laevivaginatus Wiegand; Bromus purgans var. laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Swallen; Forasaccus ciliatus var. laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Lunell;

Bromus pubescens, the hairy woodland brome or hairy wood chess, is a grass species found across much of the eastern and central United States, as well as in Arizona, Québec and Ontario.^[2]^[3]

Bromus pubescens is a perennial grass up to 1.2 m (4 feet) tall. Leaf blades are up to 30 cm (12 inches) long and 15 mm (0.6 inches) across. Spikelets are drooping, up to 3 cm (1.2 inches) long, lacking awns on the glumes.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ Tropicos
^ Prairie Moon Nursery
^ Soreng, R. J., G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, E. J. Judziewicz, T. S. Filgueiras & O. N. Morrone. 2003 and onwards. On-line taxonomic novelties and updates, distributional additions and corrections, and editorial changes since the four published volumes of the Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. vols. 39, 41, 46, and 48. http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG:. In R. J. Soreng, G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, T. S. Filgueiras, E. J. Judziewicz & O. N. Morrone (eds.) Internet Catalog of New World Grasses. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
^ Illinois Wildlowers
^ New England Wildflower Society
^ Pavlick, L. E. 1995. Bromus of North America 1–160. Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria.

[1] Tropicos

[2] Prairie Moon Nursery

[3] Soreng, R. J., G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, E. J. Judziewicz, T. S. Filgueiras & O. N. Morrone. 2003 and onwards. On-line taxonomic novelties and updates, distributional additions and corrections, and editorial changes since the four published volumes of the Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. vols. 39, 41, 46, and 48. http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG:. In R. J. Soreng, G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, T. S. Filgueiras, E. J. Judziewicz & O. N. Morrone (eds.) Internet Catalog of New World Grasses. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[4] Illinois Wildlowers

[5] New England Wildflower Society

[6] Pavlick, L. E. 1995. Bromus of North America 1–160. Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria.

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