Bromus pubescens

Muhl. ex Willd.
Common names: Canada brome
Endemic
Synonyms: Laevivaginatus Bromus purgans var. laeviglumis Glabriflorus Bromus ciliatus var. laeviglumis Laeviglumis Bromopsis pubescens
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 220.
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Plants perennial; not rhizomatous. Culms 65-120 (150) cm, erect; nodes (3) 5-7 (9), usually pubescent, sometimes glabrous; internodes pubescent or glabrous. Sheaths retrorsely pilose, midrib of the culm leaves not abruptly narrowed just below the collar, collars hairy or glabrous; auricles absent; ligules 0.5-2 mm, glabrous, obtuse to truncate, erose; blades 12-32 cm long, 6-15 (19) mm wide, flat, 1 or both surfaces glabrous or hairy. Panicles 10-25 cm, open, usually nodding; branches usually spreading, sometimes ascending, often drooping. Spikelets (13) 15-30 mm, elliptic to lanceolate, terete to moderately laterally compressed, with (4) 5-10 (13) florets. Glumes usually pubescent, rarely glabrous; lower glumes 4-8 mm, 1-veined; upper glumes 5-10 mm, 3 (5) -veined, not mucronate; lemmas 8-12 mm, lanceolate, rounded over the midvein, backs and margins usually hairy, sometimes glabrous or scabrous, apices subulate to acute, entire; awns (3) 4-7 (8) mm, straight, arising less than 1.5 mm below the lemma apices; anthers 2-4 (5) mm. 2n = 14.

Distribution

Conn., N.J., N.Y., W.Va., Del., Wis., Iowa, Fla., Wyo., N.H., Tex., La., Tenn., Pa., R.I., Va., Colo., Ala., Kans., N.Dak., Nebr., Okla., S.Dak., Ind., Miss., N.C., Ark., Vt., Ill., Ga., Man., Ont., Que., Maine, Md., Mass., Ohio, Mo., Minn., Mich., S.C., Ky.

Discussion

Bromus pubescens grows in shaded, moist, often upland deciduous woods. Its range is centered in the eastern half of the United States, and extends northward to southern Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, westward in scattered locations to Arizona, and southward to eastern Texas and western Florida.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Bromus pubescens"
membranous +  and scarious +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
subulate +  and acute +
Leon E. Pavlickf +
Muhl. ex Willd. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
straight +
distinct +
subterminal +  and terminal +
geniculate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (32 cm320 mm <br />0.32 m <br />) +
not evident +
both +  and 1 +
cross +, linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
drooping;ascending;spreading +
spikelike +
glabrous +  and hairy +
Canada brome +
not branching +
65 cm650 mm <br />0.65 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
not woody +
Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, W.Va. +, Del. +, Wis. +, Iowa +, Fla. +, Wyo. +, N.H. +, Tex. +, La. +, Tenn. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Va. +, Colo. +, Ala. +, Kans. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Ind. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, Ark. +, Vt. +, Ill. +, Ga. +, Man. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Ohio +, Mo. +, Minn. +, Mich. +, S.C. +  and Ky. +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
5 +  and 10 +
terete +  and laterally compressed +
1-9(11)-veined +
always shorter +  and usually shorter +
lanceolate +
subtending +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
mucronate +  and acute +
unequal +
uncinate +
solid +  and hollow +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
scabrous +  and glabrous +
rounded +  and lanceolate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and coriaceous +
obtuse to truncate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
fleshy +  and membranous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
9 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
concealed +  and prominent +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
5 +  and 7 +
2 +  and 1 +
hairy +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
reduced +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
1 +  and 60 +
not viviparous +
elliptic +  and lanceolate terete +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
Laevivaginatus +, Bromus purgans var. laeviglumis +, Glabriflorus +, Bromus ciliatus var. laeviglumis +, Laeviglumis +  and Bromopsis pubescens +
Bromus pubescens +
Bromus sect. Bromopsis +
species +
membranous +
not mucronate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +