Bromus richardsonii

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Common names: Richardson's brome
Synonyms: Bromposis richardsonii Bromopsis canadensis subsp. ricbardsonii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 222.
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Illustrator: Cindy Roché

Copyright: Utah State University

Plants perennial; not rhizomatous. Culms 50-110 (145) cm, erect to spreading; nodes (3) 4-5 (6), usually glabrous, sometimes pubescent; internodes usually glabrous. Basal sheaths often retrorsely pilose; culm sheaths glabrous, often tufted-pilose near the auricle position, midrib of the culm leaves not abruptly narrowed just below the collar; auricles absent; ligules 0.4-2 mm, glabrous, rounded, erose, ciliolate; blades 10-35 cm long, 3-12 mm wide, flat, glabrous. Panicles 10-20 (25) cm, open, nodding; branches ascending to spreading or drooping, filiform. Spikelets 15-25 (40) mm, elliptic to lanceolate, terete to moderately laterally compressed, with (4) 6-10 (15) florets. Glumes usually glabrous, sometimes pubescent; lower glumes 7.5-12.5 mm, 1 (3) -veined; upper glumes 8.9-11.3 mm, 3-veined, often mucronate; lemmas 9-14 (16) mm, elliptic, rounded over the midvein, margins more or less densely pilose on the lower 1/2 or 3/4, lower lemmas in a spikelet glabrous across the backs, uppermost lemmas with appressed hairs on the backs, apices obtuse, entire; awns (2) 3-5 mm, straight, arising less than 1.5 mm below the lemma apices; anthers 1.6-2.7 mm. 2n = 28.

Discussion

Bromus richardsonii grows in meadows and open woods in the upper montane and subalpine zones, at 2000-4000 m in the southern Rocky Mountains, and at lower elevations northwards. Its range extends from southern Alaska to southern California and northern Baja California, Mexico; it is found as far east as Saskatchewan, South Dakota, and western Texas. Specimens with pubescent nodes and glumes are apparently confined to the southwestern United States.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Bromus richardsonii"
membranous +  and scarious +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br />) +
Leon E. Pavlickf +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 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 +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
not evident +
cross +, linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
ascending;spreading or drooping +
filiform +
Richardson's brome +
not branching +
erect +  and spreading +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (110 cm1,100 mm <br />1.1 m <br />) +
not woody +
Conn. +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Calif. +, Del. +, N.C. +, Va. +, W.Va. +, Vt. +, D.C +, Wis. +, Colo. +, Kans. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +, Wyo. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, N.Mex. +, Utah +, Maine +, R.I. +, Fla. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Ariz. +, Ga. +, Iowa +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Miss. +, N.Dak. +, Nev. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Alaska +, S.C. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +  and Yukon +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
6 +  and 10 +
terete +  and laterally compressed +
1-9(11)-veined +
always shorter +  and usually shorter +
lanceolate +
subtending +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
mucronate +  and acute +
unequal +
uncinate +
solid +  and hollow +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
rounded +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and coriaceous +
ciliolate +  and glabrous +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
fleshy +  and membranous +
0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br /> (1.25 cm12.5 mm <br />0.0125 m <br />) +
6 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
concealed +  and prominent +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
4 +  and 5 +
2 +  and 1 +
hairy +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
reduced +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (?) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
1 +  and 60 +
not viviparous +
elliptic +  and lanceolate terete +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Bromposis richardsonii +  and Bromopsis canadensis subsp. ricbardsonii +
Bromus richardsonii +
Bromus sect. Bromopsis +
species +
membranous +
0.89 cm8.9 mm <br />0.0089 m <br /> (1.13 cm11.3 mm <br />0.0113 m <br />) +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +