Status: Native
Synonyms:
Bromus kalmii Gray var. porteri Coulter
Bromopsis porteri (Coulter) Holub
Bromus porteri is a perennial grass without rhizomes. The spikelets are
not flattened and the first glume is three nerved. The blades are erect.
The glumes, lemmas and pedicels are minutely hairy. Bromus porteri is found at upper elevations in openings in the Ponderosa pine or mixed conifer forest.
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Bromus porteri, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Leith Young & Richard Felger, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009
Bromus porteri, closeup of spikelet with puberulent glumes, lemmas and pedicels, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Leith Young & Richard Felger, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009
Bromus porteri, closeup of three-nerved first glume, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Leith Young & Richard Felger, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009
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