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False Brome | Brachypodium sylvaticum

May contain: grass, plant, vegetation, leaf, and flower
Photo Credit: Glenn Miller
May contain: grass, plant, vegetation, soil, and leaf
Photo Credit: Liz Graham
May contain: grass, plant, vegetation, land, nature, outdoors, tree, woodland, green, field, and agropyron
Photo Credit: Liz Graham
May contain: grass, plant, reed, and vegetation
Photo Credit: Kristian Peters
May contain: grass, plant, vegetation, leaf, and flower
May contain: grass, plant, vegetation, soil, and leaf
May contain: grass, plant, vegetation, land, nature, outdoors, tree, woodland, green, field, and agropyron
May contain: grass, plant, reed, and vegetation

 

Perennial bunchgrass; grows in short clumps. Leaves are flat, broad and have hairs on leaf edges. Spikelets on top of stems do not have stalks. Grass stems and leaves are a candy apple green color through the growing season.

 

Plant Details

Habitat NotesRoadsides, forest understory, pastures, grasslands, and prairies.
Mature Height1.5’-2.5’