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Definition of Bromus tectorum
1. Noun. Annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean.
Generic synonyms: Brome, Bromegrass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bromus Tectorum
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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