Bromus sitchensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Bromus
Species:
B. sitchensis
Binomial name
Bromus sitchensis

Bromus sitchenis, the Alaska brome,[1] is a perennial grass native to the North Pacific coast of North America, in woods and banks from Alaska to Oregon. It can grow up to 1.8 m tall, but is often shorter. Leaf blades are elongate, 7–12 mm wide, and as much as 35 cm long. Spikelets 2.5 to 3.5 cm long with between 6 and 12 flowers, awn is 5 to 10 mm long.[2]

The grass has winter dormancy, and is intolerant of aluminum in the soil. There is some utility as a forage crop in cooler, wetter regions.[3]

The species appears to have been naturalized in Belgium as well as New Zealand.[4]

References

  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Bromus sitchensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  2. Hitchcock, Albert Spear; Chase, Agnes (1951). Manual of the Grasses of the United States. U.S. Department of Agriculture. p. 824. Arundinaria tecta.
  3. Stewart, A.V. (1996). "Potential value of some bromus species of the section Ceratochloa". New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 39 (4): 611–618. Bibcode:1996NZJAR..39..611S. doi:10.1080/00288233.1996.9513220.
  4. Verloove, Filip (2012). "A revision of Bromus section Ceratochloa (Pooidae, Poaceae) in Belgium" (PDF). Dumortiera (101): 30–45.
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