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Bromus ciliatus is a species of brome grass known by the common name fringed brome. It is native to most of North America, including most of Canada, most of the United States except the South, and northern Mexico. It is a plant of many habitats, including temperate coniferous forest. It is a perennial grass growing in tufts up to 1.2 meters tall, and occasionally taller in the Great Plains. The leaves often have sparse long hairs. The open flower cluster bears many spikelets on stalks, the upper ones ascending and the lower nodding or drooping. The spikelets are flattened and made up of layered rounded fruits.

Plant type

Grass

Size

3 - 4 ft Tall

Form

Upright

Growth rate

Moderate

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Color

Yellow

Flowering season

Spring

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Soil description

Prefers sandy soils.

Site type

Meadows

Plant communities

Bristlecone Pine Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Wetland-Riparian

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 5 likely

Confirmed Likely

Common Roadside-Skipper

Amblyscirtes vialis

Arctic Skipper

Carterocephalus palaemon

Juba Skipper

Hesperia juba