Summary ⁶

Bromus erectus, commonly known as either upright brome or meadow brome, is a dense, course, tufted perennial grass. It can grow to 120 centimetres (47 in). Like many brome grasses the plant is hairy.

Description ⁷

The ligule is blunt but finely serrated, sometimes with hairy edges. Panicle is usually upright, rather than nodding, bearing up to four panicles on each. These can be purple, red or green. B. erectus flowers in June and July.

Associations ⁸

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / spot causer
immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph of Ascochyta gracilispora causes spots on live leaf of Bromopsis erecta
Remarks: season: 2-5

Foodplant / parasite
Blumeria graminis parasitises live Bromopsis erecta

Foodplant / gall
stroma of Epichlo causes gall of stem of Bromopsis erecta

Foodplant / parasite
long, linear, erumpent sorus of Ustilago hypodytes parasitises live culm (esp surrounding internodes) of Bromopsis erecta
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / spot causer
long, linear, erumpent sorus of Ustilago serpens causes spots on live, blistered leaf of Bromopsis erecta

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1. (c) Jean-Marie Van der Maren, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmvdmaren/14584944367/
2. (c) Jc (et parfois Ginie), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/jc_des_plaines/503762754/
3. (c) Biodiversity Heritage Library, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/8746638759/
4. (c) to.wi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/w-tommerdich/14212419536/
5. (c) Jean-Marie Van der Maren, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmvdmaren/14584714740/
6. Adapted by Bea Steinemann from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromus_erectus
7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromus_erectus
8. (c) BioImages, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/22908922

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