GoWyo
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Smooth brome or meadow brome or a different kind?
Smooth brome or meadow brome or a different kind?
I wondered this whole time if it could be brome, but I've never seen it before.@ClinchValley86, after figuring out it is brome, the answer to this is yes. It's present where you are, but not near as common as north of you and north of me for that matter. Well, in reference to southern Ohio anyway.
The seedhead had not emerged yet. I pulled some leaf back to expose it. Possibly the reason they're so thin?Oh, my! OK. that thought had crossed my mind. Anyone else notice the "W" on the leaves? It's brome! The seeds look somewhat uncharacteristically thin, but there is no doubt in my mind on the ID.
The seedhead helps with brome, but the "W" (or "M") on the leaf is a dead giveaway.The seedhead had not emerged yet. I pulled some leaf back to expose it. Possibly the reason they're so thin?
Keeping my eye out for a mature clump.
I've got a type of brome that was brought in thru hay from the lease in Morristown. It's a helluva producer. I'll try to compare the two.
This one is smooth brome. Not that meadow brome isn't used here in the east, but I'm not aware of it occurring here and the smooth is naturalized. The meadow brome is also 'fuzzy' where the smooth brome is not, and this is not fuzzy.Smooth brome or meadow brome or a different kind?