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Poverty Bromegrass, Barren Bromegrass, Sterile Bromegrass

Bromus sterilis L.

Poaceae (Grass Family)

▲  mature plant

▲ inflorescence

▲ ▼ spikelets

ligule ▲ and collar ▼ regions of leaf

▲ swollen stem node

Poverty Bromegrass, Barren Bromegrass, Sterile Bromegrass:

·         Cool-season annual grass with usually hairless leaf blades and stems, but slightly hairy sheaths

·         Inflorescence a drooping panicle with spikelets out toward branch tips

·         Spikelets slender, flattened, with long awns

·         Fairly common in southwest Missouri, in less fertile, disturbed sites

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