Species

Bromus hordeaceus

Etymology

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

Common Name(s)

soft brome

Authority

Bromus hordeaceus L.

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

BROHOR

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

Synonyms

Bromus mollis

Year Naturalised

1864

Origin

Europe and Western Asia

This page last updated on 26 Aug 2013