PLANTS Profile for Bromus madritensis (compact brome)

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PLANTS Profile

Bromus madritensis L.
compact brome

Symbol:

BRMA3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 275. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Bromus madritensis L.

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Synonyms:
Bromus madritensis L.

ANMA12	Anisantha madritensis (L.) Nevski
ANMA27	Anisantha matritensis (L.) Nevski, orth. var.
BRMAM3	Bromus madritensis L. ssp. madritensis	foxtail chess
BRMA16	Bromus matritensis L., orth. var.	compact brome

Distribution:
Bromus madritensis L.


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USA (AZ, CA, HI, IL, MD, MI, MS, NV, OR, VA)

Related Taxa:
Bromus madritensis L.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 72 species in Bromus

Classification:
Bromus madritensis L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Bromus L. – brome
Species	Bromus madritensis L. – compact brome

Introduced Information:
Bromus madritensis L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Bromus madritensis L.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40506.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 01:14 AM CDT