[Bromes: The Genus Bromus in Mount Adams Country]

Smooth Brome, Hungarian Brome

Bromus inermis

Synonyms: Bromopsis inermis, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis, Bromus inermis var. inermis

Panicled inflorescence of Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis (Synonyms: Bromopsis inermis, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis var. inermis)

The flowering inflorescence of what may be smooth brome as seen along the Valley Trail at the Little Spokane River Natural Area.........July 5, 2011. The plants were in disturbed soils and were rhizomatous.

Inflorescence of Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis (Synonyms: Bromopsis inermis, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis var. inermis)

Inflorescence of Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis (Synonyms: Bromopsis inermis, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis var. inermis) - Spikelet of Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis (Synonyms: Bromopsis inermis, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis var. inermis)

Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis (Synonyms: Bromopsis inermis, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis var. inermis) - Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis (Synonyms: Bromopsis inermis, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis var. inermis)

Close-ups of smooth brome as seen along Forest Service Road 16 through Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest..........August 4, 2011.

Paul Slichter