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brome grass

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brome grass, common name for any plant of the genus Bromus, chiefly large, coarse grasses of a weedy nature; some, however, are useful as forage, and others are cultivated for decoration. Some of the better-known bromes are the smooth brome (B. inermis, sometimes called awnless, or Hungarian, brome), often cultivated for pasture or for holding banks; rescue grass (B. catharticus or B. unioloides), a forage in the Southern states; and chess, or cheat (B. secalinus), a pest of grainfields, formerly believed by some to be degenerate wheat. Many species of brome grasses develop sharp-barbed fruits at maturity that are injurious to stock (whence the name ripgut grass for some); before maturity these are often used for forage. Brome grasses are classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
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, class Liliopsida, order Cyperales, family Gramineae.


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It is often found with other species of plants such as wool grass, other sedges, brome grass, soft rush, bulrush, ox eye daisy, Viriginia wild rye, ironweed, sneeze wood, monkey flower, pye weed and boneset.
Per acre he applied: Six pounds of high quality three-year red clover Six pounds of alfalfa Three pounds perennial rye grass Two pounds of brome grass Two pounds of timothy Three pounds of high quality orchard grass 100 pounds of oats Those who are familiar with alfalfa will undoubtedly want to know if we applied lime.
ARABLE farmers are being urged to map brome grass patches in crops during June to improve management and planning.
 
 
 
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