Species

Bromus sterilis

Etymology

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

Common Name(s)

barren brome

Authority

Bromus sterilis L.

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

BROSTE

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

Year Naturalised

1867

Origin

Europe, S.W. Asia and N. Africa

This page last updated on 19 Feb 2010