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*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); < Bromus arvensis L. — K4; > Bromus japonicus ssp. japonicus — POWO; > Bromus japonicus Thunb. var. japonicus — F, HC; > Bromus japonicus Thunb. var. porrectus Hack. — F, HC. Basionym: Bromus japonicus Thunb. 1782

Links to other floras: = Bromus japonicus - FNA24

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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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