*Bromus japonicus Thunberg. Common name: Japanese Chess, Japanese Brome. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, gardens, other disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Asia. Mapping is unusually speculative.
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, ETx1, FlGr, FNA24, G, Il, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Pavlick (1995), Tucker (1996), (basionym); < Bromus arvensis L. — K4; > Bromus japonicus ssp. japonicus — POWO; > Bromus japonicus Thunb. var. japonicus — F, HC; > Bromus japonicus Thunb. var. porrectus Hack. — F, HC
Links to other floras: = Bromus japonicus - FNA24
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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