Summary ²

Brachypodium sylvaticum, commonly known as false-brome, slender false brome or wood false brome, is a perennial grass native to Europe, Asia and Africa. It has a broad native range stretching from North Africa to Eurasia.

Identification Hints ³

No branches, spikelets on stem. Awns quite long, spikelets quite thin. Distinctive hairs on stem and nodes.

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1. (c) Ruth Ripley, all rights reserved, uploaded by Ruth Ripley
2. Adapted by Ruth Ripley from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachypodium_sylvaticum
3. (c) Ruth Ripley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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