Washington Flora Checklist

A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
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Bromus sitchensis Trin.[FNA24, HC, HC2]

Alaska brome, Sitka brome

Publication: Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2(2): 173. 1832.

Origin: Native

Herbarium search: CPNWH

Notes: FNA24: "Bromus sitchensis grows on exposed rock bluffs and cliffs, and in meadows, often in the partial shade of forests along the ocean edge, and on road verges and other disturbed sites. Its range extends from the Aleutian Islands and Alaska panhandle through British Columbia to southern California.

Bromus sitchensis resembles B. aleutensis, the two sometimes being treated as conspecific varieties. Bromus sitchensis is predominantly outcrossing, while B. aleutensis is predominantly self-fertilizing (C.L. Hitchcock 1969)."

Infraspecies:

var. aleutensis (Trin. ex Griseb.) Hultén [HC, HC2]

Aleut brome

var. carinatus (Hook. & Arn.) R.E. Brainerd & Otting [HC, HC2]

California brome

var. marginatus (Nees ex Steud.) B. Boivin [HC2]

large mountain brome

var. polyanthus (Scribn. ex Shear) R.E. Brainerd & Otting [HC2]

smooth brome

var. sitchensis [HC, HC2]

Sitka brome

Last updated 4/2/2020 by David Giblin.

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