Downy Bromegrass
Downy Bromegrass
Bromus tectorum L.
Poaceae (Grass Family)
▲ ▼ young plants in the fall and early spring prior to flowering
▲ group of close-spaced plants prior to flowering
▲ ▼ flowering plants
▲ ▼ inflorescences
▲ ▼ inflorescences
▲ ▼ inflorescences
▲ inflorescence
▲ ▼ ligule and collar region
Downy Bromegrass:
- Seedlings germinate in mid to late fall, with very fuzzy, sort of spirally twisted leaves and rounded leaf-tips; ligule is longer
- Mature plants flower in mid to late spring and are fuzzy over entire plant, both leaf blades and leaf sheaths
- Flower is a soft, drooping panicle with 1/2" or longer straight awns on the inflorescences in April-June; spikelets are more slender and more pubescent than those of cheat