Bromus pubescens

Bromus pubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Bromus
Species:	B. pubescens
Binomial name
	Bromus pubescens; Muhl. ex Willd.
Synonyms
	Bromopsis pubescens (Muhl. ex Willd.) Holub; Bromus ciliatus fo. laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Wiegand; Bromus ciliatus subvar. laevivaginatus (Wiegand) Farw.; Bromus ciliatus var. laeviglumis Scribn. ex Shear; Bromus hookeri var. pubescens (Muhl. ex Willd.) E. Fourn.; Bromus laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Hitchc.; Bromus purgans fo. glabriflorus Wiegand; Bromus purgans fo. laevivaginatus Wiegand; Bromus purgans var. laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Swallen; Forasaccus ciliatus var. laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Lunell;

Bromus pubescens, the hairy woodland brome or hairy wood chess, is a grass species found across much of the eastern and central United States, as well as in Arizona, Québec and Ontario.

Bromus pubescens is a perennial grass up to 1.2 m (4 feet) tall. Leaf blades are up to 30 cm (12 inches) long and 15 mm (0.6 inches) across. Spikelets are drooping, up to 3 cm (1.2 inches) long, lacking awns on the glumes.

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