Soft Bromegrass, Soft Brome
Bromus hordaceus L.
(formerly Bromus mollis)
Poaceae (Grass Family)
▲ large, mature plant
▲▼ mature plants
▲▼ inflorescences
▲▼ inflorescences
▲ ligule region
▲▼ collar region
Soft Brome:
· Has pubescent leaves and leaf sheaths, like downy brome, but inflorescence spikelets are fatter, and broader, with few to many hairs
· Panicle is also more upright, with short branches to spikelets
· Can get taller than other Missouri annual bromegrasses—up to 3’ tall
· Becoming increasingly more common in southwest Missouri