Bromus laevipes
(Redirected from Chinook brome)
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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. laevipes
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Bromus laevipes is a species of brome grass known by the common name Chinook brome.
It is native to western North America from Washington to Baja California, where it grows in many types of habitat.
Description
[edit]It is a perennial grass which may exceed 1.5 meters in height. The leaf blades may be nearly 2 centimeters wide at the bases. The inflorescence is an open array of spikelets, the lower ones drooping or nodding. The spikelets are flattened and usually hairy or downy.
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Bromus laevipes". NatureServe Explorer Bromus laevipes. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
External links
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Categories:
- NatureServe secure species
- Bromus
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Native grasses of California
- Grasses of Mexico
- Grasses of the United States
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Flora of the West Coast of the United States
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Pooideae stubs