VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Bromus vulgaris | Columbia Brome 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
In California, Columbia brome is valuable livestock forage on both
winter and summer ranges, particularly at higher elevations, although
the greatest Columbia brome herbage production is at intermediate
elevations.  It is almost always found in mixed stands with other
grasses and forbs [36].

Elk grazed Columbia brome in clearcuts of western hemlock/pachistima
(Tsuga heterophylla/Pachistima myrsinites) and grand fir (Abies
grandis)/pachistima in the Idaho Panhandle National Forests.  Columbia
brome was only grazed in the spring; it had average relative cover of
4.5 percent, but was grazed at 4.9 percent average use.  Columbia brome
was not utilized in summer or fall, though it had average relative cover
of 4.4 percent and 4.6 percent in those seasons.  Use was not measured
in winter [23].


PALATABILITY : 

In California, palatability of Columbia brome is ranked high for
livestock, being second only to California brome (Bromus carinatus) [36].


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
NO-ENTRY


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Bromus vulgaris is considered nonweedy [8].

Columbia brome can be controlled with glyphosate [19].

Columbia brome response to grazing was studied in Rocky Mountain
Douglas-fir/ninebark (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca/Physocarpus
malvaceus) habitat on the University of Idaho experimental forest in
northern Idaho.  Columbia brome production was 1.8 pounds per acre (2
kg/ha) in ungrazed areas and 0.9 pounds per acre (1 kg/ha) in grazed
areas.  However, Columbia brome cover and frequency were slightly higher
in grazed stands:  Average cover was 1.3 percent in grazed and 0.7
percent in ungrazed areas.  Average frequency was 24.0 percent in grazed
and 19.3 percent in ungrazed areas [45,46].

Related categories for Species: Bromus vulgaris | Columbia Brome