Bromus pseudolaevipes

Woodland brome

Family: Poaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Woodland brome is a California native perennial found in northern Coast Ranges, high Cascade Range, San Francisco Bay Area, southern Coast Ranges, and southwestern California in shaded or semi-shaded chaparral, coastal-sage scrub, and open woodland at elevations of 100 to 900 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces green-tinged spikelets 15 to 35 millimeters long with delicate, spreading branches. Growing with robust stems 60 to 125 centimeters tall, it has an upright to spreading growth habit with erect to spreading inflorescence branches. Its leaves are 2 to 9 millimeters wide, varying from glabrous to hairy along the margins, with a tiny ligule measuring 0.4 to 1 millimeter long. The lemmas are 10 to 12.5 millimeters long, with a softly rounded back and short awns 2 to 5.5 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Shaded or semi-shaded sites in chaparral, coastal-sage scrub, open woodland

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: 100-900 m

Bioregions: NCoRI, CaRH, SnFrB, SCoRO, SW.

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.