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Bromus tectorum
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Species of grass
OverviewAI-generated
*Bromus tectorum*, commonly known as Cheatgrass, Drooping Brome, or field brome, is a species of plant in the family Poaceae. It belongs to the genus *Bromus* and is classified within the order Poales, class Liliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is also referred to by the names Dach-Trespe, sveřep střešní, and kattokattara.
The taxon range includes China, Switzerland, Xinjiang, and the Tibet Autonomous Region. Records from iDigBio indicate presence in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, while the species is noted as invasive to Oregon and Canada. An Encyclopedia of Life description lists Chile Central. The species has been documented in collections at institutions such as the University of Alberta Museums and CAS.
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Species
Cheatgrass
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Chile Central
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14,490
- With media
- 9,494
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, UAAAN, FC-UABC, IB-CUCBA-UDG, CAS, BHSC
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
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Bromus tectorum, known as downy brome, drooping brome, or cheatgrass, is a winter annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia, and northern Africa, but has become invasive in many other areas. It now is present in most of Europe, southern Russia, Japan, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, Greenland, North America, and western Central Asia. In the eastern US, B. tectorum is common along roadsides and as a crop weed, but usually does not dominate an ecosystem. It has become a dominant species in the Intermountain West and parts of Canada, and displays especially invasive behavior in the sagebrush steppe ecosystems, where it has been listed as noxious weed. B. tectorum often enters the site in an area that has been disturbed, and then quickly expands into the surrounding area through its rapid growth and prolific seed production.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bromus tectorum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.