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Bromus unioloides Annual, cool, introduced, fair grazing for wildlife and livestock. 1-3' tall, bunchgrass with lower sheaths and blades often fuzzy. The inflorescencc is erect or drooping, flat and green which turns straw yellow when ripe and dry. The spikelets overlapping forming V's with short or no awn. The leaf collar has a papery ligule that is split on top. Grows from seed in winter, providing early forage. Grows on bottomlands and managed as a cool season pasture plant. Matures seed in early spring. Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. |
Bromus japonicus Annual, cool, native, poor grazing for wildlife and livestock. 1-2 1/2' tall, erect or spreading with stems bent at the base with swollen brown nodes and fuzzy sheaths. The panicle finally nodding with 2-6 branches in whorls, bearing several flat spikelets at the end. Spikelets often hairy or fuzzy with a distinct awn, 1/4-3/4" long. Grows in waste places and fields. Areas 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. |
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Created: August 15, 1996
Updated: May 23, 1997