| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poaceae | Bromus arenarius | Australian Brome | Waif on ballast; westwards on dry, often sandy slopes, fields, and waste places | Native of Australia. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus arvensis | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. Reported as introduced for nc. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), for VA, MD, PA, and NJ (Kartesz 1999), and for KY (Campbell 2007). Map is highly speculative/provisional because of uncertainties in circumscription. |  | |
| Poaceae | Bromus briziformis | Rattlesnake Brome | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. Reported as an introduction in ne. North America, south to MD, NJ, PA, DE (Kartesz 1999). |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus carinatus var. marginatus | Mountain Brome | Reported by Jones & Coile (1988) for nc. GA and by FNA for MS. |  | |
| Poaceae | Bromus catharticus var. catharticus | Rescue Grass | Cultivated fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. | Native of South America. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus ciliatus | Fringed Brome | Seepage areas, fens, moist areas near high elevation creeks, grassy balds, high elevation woodlands, mostly over mafic or calcareous rocks. | 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. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus commutatus | Hairy Chess, Meadow Brome | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. The relationship and relative distribution of this species and Bromus racemosus is poorly known for our area. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus erectus | Short-branched Brome | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus | Soft Chess, Lopgrass | Fields, disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. See Bradley et al. [in prep.] for discussion about its occurrence in SC. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus hordeaceus ssp. pseudothominei | Soft Chess | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. | |
| Poaceae | Bromus hordeaceus ssp. thominei | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. | ||
| Poaceae | Bromus inermis | Smooth Brome, Hungarian Brome, Awnless Brome | Fields, roadsides, clearings, other disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus japonicus | Japanese Chess, Japanese Brome | Fields, roadsides, gardens, other disturbed areas. | Native of Asia. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus kalmii | Kalm Brome, Canada Brome, Arctic Brome, Prairie Brome | Forests and woodlands, shale woodlands and barrens, grassy ridgetop oak forests. | ME west to SD, south to MD, w. VA, and IA. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus lanceolatus | Mediterranean Brome | Disturbed areas. | Native of Mediterranean Europe. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus latiglumis | Riverbank Brome, Auricled Brome, Hairy Woodbrome, Flanged Brome | Alluvial soils along rivers. | ME to MT, south to NC and OK. In NC apparently only along large rivers flowing west through the Appalachians into the Mississippi River drainage, notably the New and the French Broad. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus lepidus | Slender Soft Brome, Scaly Brome | Fields and disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus madritensis | Foxtail Brome | Wool waste, other disturbed areas. | Native of sw. Europe. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus nottowayanus | Satin Brome, Nottoway River Brome, Virginia Brome | Moist forests, especially along small stream bottoms. | The range of this species is poorly known, owing to confusion between it, B. pubescens and B. latiglumis. It is apparently known from MD, VA, and NC, west to TN, IL, IN, MO, and AR. Reported for Mountains of SC (Pickens County) (Bradley et al. [in prep.]). Probably more common than portrayed in the map. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus pubescens | Common Eastern Brome, Canada Brome, Hairy Woodland Brome | Mesic forests, especially on rocky slopes, rich bottomland forests, calcareous bluffs. | S. ON west to AB, south to FL, TX, and (reportedly) AZ. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus racemosus | Smooth Brome | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus ramosus | Habitat unknown. | Native of Eurasia and n. Africa. Reported for DC and MS (Kartesz 1999). |  | |
| Poaceae | Bromus rigidus | Ripgut Brome, Ripgut Grass | Disturbed areas, wool waif (SC). | Native of Mediterranean Europe. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus rubens | Foxtail Chess, Red Brome | Waste areas near wool-combing plants, other disturbed areas. | Native of Mediterranean Europe. The SC occurrences come from areas around wool-combing plants, and were likely introduced on wool from w. United States, where this European species is well-established. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus scoparius | Broom Brome | Disturbed areas. | Native of s. Europe. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus secalinus | Cheat, Common Chess, Rye-brome | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus | Alaska Brome | Disturbed areas. | Native of w. North America. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus squarrosus | Squarrose Brome | Disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. Reported for KY and NJ (Kartesz 1999). |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus sterilis | Barren Brome, Poverty Brome, Cheatgrass | Disturbed areas. | Native of s. Europe. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus tectorum | Downy Brome, Downy Chess, Downy Cheat, Junegrass, Cheatgrass | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Poaceae | Bromus texensis | Texas Brome | Thickets. | Endemic to TX (or possibly also in Mexico) (Diggs et al. 2006). |  |
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