Cheat, Cheatgrass

Bromus secalinus L.

Poaceae (Grass Family)

▲▼mature, flowering plants

▲▼mature, flowering plants

▲ inflorescence

▲▼ leaf blade, collar, sheaths and ligule

Cheat:  

• *    Similar to downy brome except seedlings have shorter ligule and are less hairy
• *    Mature plant has less hair on leaf blade and almost hairless leaf sheath
• *    Inflorescences a little less droopy than downy brome, and spikelets are fatter  with shorter awns than downy brome