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Bromus

Bromus ciliatus Linnaeus. Common name: Fringed Brome. Phenology: Jul-Aug. Habitat: Seepage areas, fens, moist areas near high elevation creeks, grassy balds, high elevation woodlands, mostly over mafic or calcareous rocks. Distribution: Widespread in n. North America: NL (Labrador) to AK, south in the east to PA, and in the mountains to NC; south in the west to Mexico. Known in NC only from Bluff Mountain and Long Hope Valley, Ashe and Watauga counties, and Roan Mountain, Mitchell County.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, FNA24, G, HC, Il, K4, Mex, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, Tn, Va, W, WV, Pavlick (1995), Tucker (1996); = Bromopsis ciliata (L.) Holub; = Bromus ciliatus L. var. ciliatus — NS, S13; > Bromus ciliatus L. var. ciliatus — F; > Bromus ciliatus L. var. intonsus Fernald — F; > Bromus dudleyi Fernald — F. Basionym: Bromus ciliatus L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Bromus ciliatus - FNA24

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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