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Last updated 5/7/2009 by David Giblin.
Bromus vulgaris (Hook.) Shear[FNA24, HC, HC2]
Columbian brome

Publication: Bull. Div. Agrostol., U.S.D.A. 23: 43. 1900.

Origin: Native

selected vouchers: WTU

Notes: FNA24: "Bromus vulgaris grows in shaded or partially shaded, often damp, coniferous forests along the coast, and inland in montane pine, spruce, fir, and aspen forests, from sea level to about 2000 m. Its range extends from coastal British Columbia eastward to southwestern Alberta and southward to central California, northern Utah, and western Wyoming.

Varieties have been described within Bromus vulgaris; because their variation is overlapping, none are recognized here."

References: (none)

Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Bromopsis vulgaris (Hook.) Holub
Bromus vulgaris (Hook.) Shear var. eximius Shear[HC]
Bromus vulgaris (Hook.) Shear var. robustus Shear
Bromus vulgaris (Hook.) Shear var. vulgaris[HC]