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Bromus orcuttianus (Orcutt's brome; Hall's brome; Orcutt brome)

Synonyms: Bromopsis orcuttiana (homotypic); Bromus brachyphyllus; Bromus hallii; Bromus orcuttianus var. hallii; Bromus orcuttianus var. orcuttianus

Wikipedia Abstract

Bromus orcuttianus is a species of brome grass known by the common name Orcutt's brome. It is native to western North America from Washington to Baja California, where it grows in many types of habitat. It is a perennial grass which may reach 1.6 meters in height. The inflorescence is an open array of spikelets, the lower ones drooping or nodding. The spikelets are flattened and have short awns at the tips of the fruits.
View Wikipedia Record: Bromus orcuttianus

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Grass

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Crater Lake National Park II 180091 Oregon, United States
H.J. Andrews Biosphere Reserve 15815 Oregon, United States
San Dimas Biosphere Reserve 17161 California, United States  

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0