Bromus pumpellianus subsp. pumpellianus

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 207.
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Plants rhizomatous. Culms 50-120 cm, erect; nodes 2-3(4), usually pubescent, sometimes glabrous; internodes glabrous or pubescent. Sheaths pilose, villous, or glabrous; auricles present on the lower leaves or absent; ligules to 3 mm; blades 9-17(25) cm long, (3)4-8(9) mm wide, abaxial surfaces glabrous or pilose, adaxial surfaces usually pilose, rarely glabrous. Panicles 10-20 cm, open or contracted, erect or nodding; branches erect to spreading. Spikelets 20-30 mm. Glumes glabrous, pubescent, or hirsute; lower glumes (4)5-9 mm, 1-veined; upper glumes (5)8-11 mm, 3-veined; lemmas 9-14 mm, pubescent on the lower portion of the back and along the margins; awns usually present, to 6 mm, sometimes absent; anthers 3.5-7 mm. 2n = 56.

Discussion

Bromus pumpellianus subsp. pumpellianus grows on sandy and gravelly stream banks and lake shores, sand dunes, meadows, dry grassy slopes, and road verges.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Conn. +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Calif. +, Del. +, N.C. +, Va. +, W.Va. +, Vt. +, D.C +, Wis. +, Colo. +, Kans. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +, Wyo. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, N.Mex. +, Utah +, Maine +, R.I. +, Fla. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Ariz. +, Ga. +, Iowa +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Miss. +, N.Dak. +, Nev. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Alaska +, S.C. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +  and Yukon +
Bromus pumpellianus var. arcticus +, Bromus inermis subsp. pumpellianus +, Bromus inermis var. purpurascens +, Bromopsis pumpelliana var. arctica +, Bromopsis pumpelliana +  and Bromopsis inermis subsp. pumpellianus +
Bromus pumpellianus subsp. pumpellianus +
Bromus pumpellianus +
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