Biology:Bromus sitchensis
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Short description: Species of grass
| Bromus sitchensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Bromus |
| Species: | B. sitchensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Bromus sitchensis Trin.
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Bromus sitchenis, the Alaska brome,[1] is a perennial grass native to the North Pacific coast of North America, in woods and banks from Alaska to Oregon. It can grow up to 1.8 m tall, but is often shorter. Leaf blades are elongate, 7–12 mm wide, and as much as 35 cm long. Spikelets 2.5 to 3.5 cm long with between 6 and 12 flowers, awn is 5 to 10 mm long.[2]
The grass has winter dormancy, and is intolerant of aluminum in the soil. There is some utility as a forage crop in cooler, wetter regions.[3]
The species appears to have been naturalized in Belgium as well as New Zealand.[4]
References
- ↑ "Bromus sitchensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=BRSI. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ↑ Hitchcock, Albert Spear; Chase, Agnes (1951) (in en). Manual of the Grasses of the United States. U.S. Department of Agriculture. p. 824. https://archive.org/details/manualofgrasseso200hitc_0. "Arundinaria tecta."
- ↑ Stewart, A.V. (1996). "Potential value of some bromus species of the section Ceratochloa". New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 39 (4): 611–618. doi:10.1080/00288233.1996.9513220. Bibcode: 1996NZJAR..39..611S.
- ↑ Verloove, Filip (2012). "A revision of Bromus section Ceratochloa (Pooidae, Poaceae) in Belgium". Dumortiera (101): 30–45. http://www.jardinbotanique.be/DUMORTIERA/DUM_101/Dum%20101_30-45_Ceratochloa_Verloove.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q10671607 entry
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