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SPECIES : Bromus hordeaceus | Soft Chess 


SPECIES : 
Bromus hordeaceus

ABBREVIATION : 
BROHOR

SYNONYMS : 
   Bromus mollis L. [22,38,50,59,83]
   B. molliformis Godron [92]
   B. arvensis L. [83]
   B. racemosus L. [83,92]
     = B. hordeaceus L. [35,49,56,93,95]
   B. h. ssp. molliformis (Godron) Maire [49]
     = B. h. ssp. molliformis (Lloyd) Maire & Weiller [56]


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   BRHO2
   BRHOH
   BRHOM
   BRHOP
   BRHOT


COMMON NAMES : 
   soft chess
   soft brome


TAXONOMY : 
Most North American systematists recognize Bromus hordeaceus L. as the
scientific name of soft chess [35,49,56,93,95].  European systematists
generally describe this entity as B. mollis L. [51,64].  Subspecies of
soft chess occurring in North America are [56]:

B. h. ssp. hordeaceus L.
B. h. ssp. molliformis (Lloyd) Maire & Weiller
B. h. ssp. pseudothominii P. Sm.
B. h. ssp. thominei (Hardham ex Nyman) Victorin & Weiler

Soft chess hybridizes with erect chess (B. erectus) [3] and intergrades
occasionally with Japanese brome (B. japonicus) [95].


LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Gail Winkler, November 1987


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
Janet L. Howard, February 1998


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Howard, Janet L. 1998; Winkler, Gail. 1987. Bromus hordeaceus. In: Remainder of Citation

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