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Common Name: True Cheat

Other Names: Cheat, Chess, Rye Brome

Species Name: Bromus secalinus L.

Plant Type: Grasses & Grass-like

Family Name: Poaceae

 

 

 

 

Plant Facts  
Origin Introduced, Europe
Duration Annual
Season Cool
Distribution in Oklahoma Throughout the state, however is concentrated in the central part of Oklahoma

 

 

ID Characteristics

 

 

Habitat/Ecology  
Soil Type It grows particularly well in sandy soils, as its name implies, but also occurs in heavier soils
Habitat Around farmsteads, roads, waste places, cultivated fields, lawns and rangeland in poor conditions
Successional Stage Mid

 

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