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Last updated 5/9/2020 by David Giblin.
Bromus inermis Leyss.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
smooth brome

Publication: Fl. Halens. 16. 1761.

Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

selected vouchers: WTU

Notes: FNA24: "Bromus inermis is native to Eurasia, and is now found in disturbed sites in Alaska, Greenland, and most of Canada as well as south throughout most of the contiguous United States except the southeast. It has also been used for rehabilitation, and is planted extensively for forage in pastures and rangelands from Alaska and the Yukon Territory toTexas.

Bromus inermis is similar to B. pumpellianus, differing mainly in having glabrous lemmas, nodes, and leaf blades, but lack of pubescence is not a consistently reliable distinguishing character. Bromus inermis also resembles a recently introduced species, B. riparius, from which it differs primarily in its shorter or nonexistent awns."

References: (none)

Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Bromopsis inermis (Leyss.) Holub
Bromus inermis Leyss. ssp. inermis[HC]
Bromus inermis Leyss. var. inermis