Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Poaceae

Bromus - [maps | photos]

• Bromus catharticus * Vahl
  Common Name: rescue grass

• Bromus ciliatus L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: fringed brome

• Bromus commutatus * Schrad.
  Common Name: meadow brome or hairy chess

• Bromus hordeaceus * L.
  NWI TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: soft brome or chess
  Synonyms:
  

         • Bromus mollis auct. non L.

• Bromus inermis * Leyss.
  Common Name: smooth brome

• Bromus japonicus * Thunb.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: Japanese brome or chess

• Bromus nottowayanus Fernald
  Common Name: Nottoway Valley brome

• Bromus pubescens Muhl. ex Willd.
  Common Name: hairy woodland brome
  Synonyms:
  

         • Bromus pubescens Muhl. ex Willd. var. laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Swallen

• Bromus secalinus * L.
  Common Name: rye brome

• Bromus sterilis * L.
  Common Name: poverty brome

• Bromus tectorum * L.
  Common Name: downy cheat or chess

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.