Bromus inermis

smooth brome, awnless brome
Family

Poaceae

Leaf Arrangement

alternate

Leaf Type

simple

Leaf Shape

linear

Growth Form

graminoid

Flower Month

May - July

Milky Sap

No

Armed/Unarmed

Unarmed

Origin

introduced, native

Lifespan

perennial


Wetland Class

UPL

Animal Use

Adult food source for the orange-edged roadside skipper. Its leafy spring and summer forage is highly nutritious and palatable to all classes of livestock.

Habitat

Roadsides, fields, pastures, nursery plots, and waste places.