The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network

Species

Bromus brevis

Etymology

Bromus: From the ancient Greek word bromos, referring to a kind of oat
brevis: Short

Common Name(s)

pampas brome

Authority

Bromus brevis Nees

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

BROBRE

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey

Survey:
Collection of observations on the spatial distribution or presence or absence of species using standardised procedures.

plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Year Naturalised

naturalised:
Referring to plants that have escaped from cultivation (including gardens or forest plantations) and can now reproduce in the wild (without human assistance)

1984

Origin

S. America

This page last updated on 26 Mar 2010