Bromus tectorum L.
POACEAE
- Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Bromus tectorum L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 77 (1753)
Rank: species
Images of Bromus tectorum
Common names
U.S.
name:
Cheatgrass
English name: bronco grass English name: cheatgrass
Spanish name: espiguilla colgante
French name: brome des toits
Italian name: Forasacco dei tetti
German name: Dachtrespe
Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual
Synonyms:
= Anisantha tectorum (L.) Nevski
= Bromus tectorum L. var. glabratus Spenner
= Bromus tectorum L. var. hirsutus Regel
= Bromus tectorum L. var. nudus Klett & Richt.
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Bromus tectorum L. var. glabratus Spenner
2) Bromus tectorum L. var. hirsutus Regel
3) Bromus tectorum L. var. nudus Klett & Richt.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bromus
Species:
Page counter: 3669 ( AVG: 223.6 / 292.95 )
Gallery:
Bromus tectorum
Habit at Deschampsia flats Haleakala National Park, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Bromus tectorum
Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana
Bromus tectorum
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli
Bromus tectorum
Habitat with Yucca brevifolia at Scenic Rd Red Rocks, Nevada - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Bromus tectorum
Habit at Crater Haleakala National Park, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Bromus tectorum
Habit at Sliding Sands Haleakala National Park, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Bromus tectorum
Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. Washington, DC. - Non-Copyrighted Image
Bromus tectorum
Habitat with Yucca brevifolia at Blue Diamond Rd, Nevada - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Bromus tectorum
Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana
Bromus tectorum
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli
Bromus tectorum
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Bromus tectorum
Habitat with Yucca schidigera at Calico Hills second pullout Red Rocks, Nevada - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Bromus tectorum
Habitat with Yucca brevifolia at Scenic Rd Red Rocks, Nevada - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Bromus tectorum
Habit at Crater Haleakala National Park, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Bromus tectorum
Inflorescences at near Sliding Sands Haleakala National Park, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Bromus tectorum
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo
Bromus tectorum
Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana
Bromus tectorum
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli
Bromus tectorum
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli
Bromus tectorum
Jacob Sturm, Johann Georg Sturm - Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen (1796). - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
Bromus tectorum
Habitat and view from top of trail at Calico Hills Sandstone Quarry Calico Tanks trail Red Rocks, Ne... - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Bromus tectorum
Seeds at Crater Haleakala National Park, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Bromus tectorum
Habitat with Cylindropuntia sp at Willow Springs Red Rocks, Nevada - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Bromus tectorum
NPS Photo - Photographer unknown - 1964 - Public domain image.
Bromus tectorum
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la
France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in
public domain because its copyright has expired.
Bromus tectorum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 274.
Bromus tectorum
Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana
Bromus tectorum
Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana
Bromus tectorum
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli
Bromus tectorum
Jose Hernandez - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)
Map for Bromus tectorum L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Bromus tectorum L. var. glabratus Spenner [154]
2) Bromus tectorum L. var. hirsutus Regel [138]
3) Bromus tectorum L. var. nudus Klett & Richt. [172]
4) Bromus trinii Desv. [213]
5) Bromus uruguayensis Arechav. [137]
6) Bromus vulgaris (Hook.) Shear [351]
7) Broussaisia arguta Gaudich. [930]
8) Bruchia vogesiaca Nestl. ex Schwägr. [643]
9) Brunfelsia undulata auct. non Sw. [188]
10) Bryhnia graminicolor (Brid.) Grout var. holzingeri (Renauld & Cardot) Grout [114]
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