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Bromus is a large genus of grasses, classified in its own tribe Bromeae. [2] [3] They are commonly known as bromes, brome grasses, cheat grasses or chess grasses.Estimates in the scientific literature of the number of species have ranged from 100 to 400, but plant taxonomists currently recognize around 160–170 species.
Bromus hordeaceus, the soft brome, is an annual or biennial species of grass in the grass family . It is also known in North America as bull grass , soft cheat , and soft chess . It is the most common species of Bromus in Britain, where it can be found on roadsides, waste ground, meadows, and cultivated land.
Bromus racemosus, the smooth brome or bald brome, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. [2] It is native to subarctic and temperate Eurasia, and widely introduced elsewhere, including North America, Iceland, the Southern Cone of South America, the Korean Peninsula, Australia, and New Zealand. [1]
Bromus tectorum, known as downy brome, drooping brome [1] or cheatgrass, is a winter annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia, and northern Africa, but has become invasive in many other areas.
Bromus interruptus, commonly known as the interrupted brome, [2] is a flowering plant in the grass family. It is endemic to southern and central England , which became extinct in the wild in 1972. After several decades in cultivation, the interrupted brome was re-introduced to Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve in 2004, marking the first ...
Bromus squarrosus, the rough brome, is a brome grass native to Russia and Europe. The specific epithet squarrosus is Latin , meaning "with spreading tips". The grass has a diploid number of 14.
Bromus grossus, the whiskered brome, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is native to central Europe, and has been introduced to Great Britain, and New York and Oregon in the United States.
Bromus ramosus, the hairy brome, is a bunchgrass in the grass family Poaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. [1] The name Bromus comes from the term brome, meaning oats. Unlike most other bromes ( Bromus sp.), it grows in shady sites under trees .