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Native Plant Propagation Guidelines:
grasses & sedges

Bromus vulgaris (Columbia brome)

Category: 
grasses and sedges

   

Grows in moist to dry and sunny to shady areas with nitrogen-rich soils.

Scientific Name: 

Bromus vulgaris (Hook.) Shear (B. eximius [Shear] Piper)

Family: 
Poaceae
English Name: 
Columbia brome

Geographical Range and Habitat Requirements

Ecological Setting: 

Broad distribution in western North America within boreal, montane, wet temperate and cool mesothermal climates (Klinka, et al. 1995). Occurrence decreases with elevation. Scattered in coniferous forests of drier sites, common on water-receiving (alluvial, floodplain and seepage) sites.

Soil Texture: 
n/a
Nutrients: 

Nitrogen rich soils (Klinka, et al. 1995).

Soil Reaction and Salinity: 
n/a
Moisture Regime: 

Moist to dry.

Shade Tolerance: 

Sun to shade.

Successional Status: 
n/a
BEC Zone and GOE Community Status: 
n/a

Uses

Site Rehabilitation: 
n/a
Wildlife: 
n/a
Landscaping: 
n/a
First Nations: 
n/a
Other Uses: 
n/a

Seed Propagation

Flowering Time: 
n/a
Fruit Ripening Time: 

July to August.

Seed Collection Time: 
n/a
Crop Intervals: 
n/a
Number of Seeds per Kilogram: 

175,485 to 263,450

Seed Viability: 
n/a
Fruit and Seed Collection and Extraction: 
n/a
Seed Storage: 
n/a
Fruit/Seed Dormancy and Treatment: 

No dormancy. No stratification required.

Vegetative Propagation

Plant division: sprouts from perennating buds at the base of the culms (Walsk, 1994).

Outplanting Characteristics and Requirements

n/a

Seed and Cutting Propagation Techniques

n/a

Additional Information and Photos

For more information and pictures, visit the E-Flora BC website at www.eflora.bc.ca.

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