Definition of Bromus tectorum

1. Noun. Annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Bromus Tectorum

Broken
Broken Arrow
Broken Arrows
Broken Britain
Bromberg
Bromelia
Bromeliaceae
Bromley
Bromo-seltzer
Bromoviruses
Bromus
Bromus arvensis
Bromus inermis
Bromus japonicus
Bromus secalinus
Bromus tectorum
Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
Bronislaw Malinowski
Bronsted-Lowry acid
Bronsted-Lowry base
Bronsted-Lowry bases
Bronsted acid
Bronsted base
Bronsted theory
Bronte
Brontean
Brontë
Bronwyn
Bronx
Bronx-Whitestone Bridge

Literary usage of Bromus tectorum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"Ecological studies of bromus tectorum and other annual brome grasses. ... Invasion of bromus tectorum L. into western North America: An ecological chronicle ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"bromus tectorum L. Sp. PI. 77- 1753- Culms 6'-2° tall, erect from an annual root, simple, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths usually longer than the internodes, ..."

3. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1919)
"bromus tectorum L. var. nudus Klett & Richter. With the last, but much less common. 59. * Bromus villosus Forsk. Becoming very common along the railroads ..."

4. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"Cheatgrass or downy brome (bromus tectorum; Poaceae) was introduced into the Intermountain West through contaminated grain from Eurasia in the late 1800's. ..."

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