Japanese Brome

Table 1. Plant Profile of Japanese Brome
Image	Description
Fyuse 3D Image	Common Name: Japanese Brome Other Names: Japanese Chess Species Name: Bromus japonicus Plant Type: Grasses & Grass-like Family Name: Poaceae

Table 2. Plant Facts for Japanese Brome
Habitat/Ecology	Description
Origin	Introduced, Europe
Duration	Winter Annual
Season	Cool
Distribution in the U.S.	NE, SD, ND, KS, OK, TX, MN, IA, MO, MT, WY, CO, NM, AB, SK, MB
Distribution in Oklahoma	Throughout the state

ID Characteristics

Field Identification Characteristics
- Spikelet: Florets 6-11 (15-25 millimeters long); lemmas broad (7-9 millimeters long, hairless, and split or lobed near the tips
- Inflorescence: Panicle (8-20 centimeters long), open; branches flexuous, slender
- Awns: Lemma of upper florets awned (8-13 millimeters long) awns become twisted and bent at maturity
- Glumes: Unequal; first glume 4-6 millimeters long, second glume 6-8 millimeters long; broad, awnless
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
- Sheath: Shaggy, densely hairy with long hairs.
- Leaf Blade Shape: Flat (7-20 centimeters long, 1-7 millimeters wide), densely hairy or velvety, midvein prominent
- Ligule: Membranous (less than 2 millimeters long), rounded

Table 3. Plant Facts for Japanese Brome
Habitat/Ecology	Description
Soil Type	Sand, silt and clay
Habitat	Widespread on disturbed sites, waste areas, cropland and rangeland in low condition
Successional Stage	Early, but invades all stages