Field Brome

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Field Brome
Left: Drooping Brome Bromus tectorum Right: Field Brome Bromus arvensis
Left: Drooping Brome Bromus tectorum
Right: Field Brome Bromus arvensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bromus
Species: B. arvensis
Binomial name
Bromus arvensis
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Field Brome or Schrader's Brome (Bromus arvensis) is a grass native to Europe and Asia. It is an annual plant, growing to 50-110 cm tall with slender leaves 10-30 cm long and 0.5-1 cm broad. The flower spikelets are erect at first, later spreading to slightly drooping, 10-25 mm long; flowering is in mid summer.

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