Carried by 2 nurseries
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Bromus laevipes is a species of brome grass known by the common name Chinook brome. It is native to western North America from Washington to Baja California, where it grows in many types of habitat. It is a perennial grass which may exceed 1.5 meters in height. The leaf blades may be nearly 2 centimeters wide at the bases. The flower cluster is an open array of spikelets, the lower ones drooping or nodding. The spikelets are flattened and usually hairy or downy.
Grass
5 ft Tall
Weeping
Winter Semi-deciduous
Brown, Cream
Spring, Summer
Full Sun, Partial Shade
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Foothill Woodland, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Valley Grassland, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 5 likely
Common Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes vialis
Arctic Skipper
Carterocephalus palaemon
Yellow-Collared Scape Moth
Cisseps fulvicollis
Juba Skipper
Hesperia juba