Poaceae FAMILY

Bromus hordeaceus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Bromus hordeaceus is an erect, annual to biennial grass with a creeping or obliquely ascending base; it can grow 30 - 80cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes used in soil stabilization projects. Bromus hordeaceus is a weed of crop fields, grasslands, orchards and turf where it competes with native vegetation and monopolizes resources[ 1093 Title Invasive Species Compendium Publication Author Website http://www.cabi.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc). ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - Norway to Spain, east to the Russian Far East, northern China, India; N. Africa - Macaronesia to Egypt

HabitatMeadows, waste places, and on dunes, shingle banks and cliffs, mainly in southern Britain[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].