Bromus ramosus

Huds.
Common names: Hairy brome
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 220.
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Plants perennial; not rhizomatous. Culms 40-190 cm, erect; nodes 2-4, usually pubescent; internodes usually pubescent. Sheaths with long, stiff, retrorse hairs, at least on the lower portion, midrib of the culm leaves not abruptly narrowed just below the collar; auricles present; ligules 2-3.5 mm, glabrous or sparsely pilose, rounded to truncate, erose; blades 10-60 cm long, 6-15 mm wide, flat, drooping, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Panicles 15-40 cm long, open, lax, drooping; branches spreading or drooping. Spikelets 20-40 mm, elliptic to lanceolate, terete to moderately laterally compressed, with 3-10 florets. Glumes glabrous, scabridulous over the veins; lower glumes 5-8 mm, 1-veined; upper glumes 8-11 mm, 3-veined, mucronate; lemmas 10-14 mm, lanceolate, rounded over the midvein, margins and at least the lower 1/2 of the backs pubescent, apices acute, entire or emarginate, lobes shorter than 1 mm; awns 4-7 mm, straight, arising less than 1.5 mm below the lemma apices; anthers 2.5-4 mm. 2n = 14, 28, 42.

Distribution

Maine, Ky., D.C., Miss., La.

Discussion

Bromus ramosus is native to Asia, Europe, and northern Africa. It is included here based on Pavlick's (1995) statement that it is found sporadically in the southern and eastern United States; specimens to substantiate his statement have not been located.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Bromus ramosus"
42 +, 28 +  and 14 +
membranous +  and scarious +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
emarginate +  and entire +
Leon E. Pavlickf +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
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 /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
not evident +
hairy +  and glabrous +
cross +, linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
drooping;spreading +
spikelike +
Hairy brome +
not branching +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (190 cm1,900 mm <br />1.9 m <br />) +
not woody +
Maine +, Ky. +, D.C. +, Miss. +  and La. +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
3 +  and 10 +
terete +  and laterally compressed +
1-9(11)-veined +
always shorter +  and usually shorter +
lanceolate +
subtending +
scabridulous +
mucronate +  and acute +
unequal +
uncinate +
solid +  and hollow +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
rounded +  and lanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and coriaceous +
pilose +  and glabrous +
rounded to truncate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
fleshy +  and membranous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 4 +
2 +  and 1 +
hairy +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
reduced +
15cm +  and 40cm +
dry +  and fleshy +
Introduced +
1 +  and 60 +
not viviparous +
elliptic +  and lanceolate terete +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Gramineae +
Bromus ramosus +
Bromus sect. Bromopsis +
species +
membranous +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +