Vulpia bromoides

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Brome Fescue

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Tribe:	Poeae
Genus:	Vulpia
Species:	V. bromoides

Binomial name

Vulpia bromoides

Synonyms

Bromus dertonensis All.
Festuca bromoides L.
Festuca dertonensis (All.) Aschers. & Graebn.
Vulpia dertonensis (All.) Gola

Brome Fescue (Vulpia bromoides) is a grass species native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor. It has been introduced to North America, the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico and other places. It has also been classified under the binomial Bromus dertonensis.

As an introduced plant in North America, brome fescue is found primarily in the western part of Canada, the southern and western part of the United States, and northern Mexico.