''Bromus ramosus'', the hairy brome, is a

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in the grass

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, native to

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, northwest

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and southwest

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. The name '' Bromus'' comes from the term brome, meaning oats. Unlike most other bromes (''Bromus'' sp.), it grows in shady sites under

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Description

''Bromus ramosus'' is a

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bunchgrass, typically reaching tall. The

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are long, usually drooping, long and wide, and finely hairy.Umberto Quattrocchi (2006) ''CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology'' Volume I The

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spike is gracefully arched with pendulous spikelets on long slender stems in pairs on the main stem.

Subspecies

*''Bromus ramosus'' subsp. ''benekenii'' (Lange) Schintz et Thell. – lesser hairy brome *''Bromus ramosus'' subsp. ''ramosus''

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* * ramosus Bunchgrasses of Africa Bunchgrasses of Asia Bunchgrasses of Europe Flora of North Africa Flora of Western Asia Plants described in 1762 Taxa named by William Hudson (botanist) {{Pooideae-stub