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Bromus

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Noun1.BromusBromus - a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae
genus Bromus
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
brome, bromegrass - any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
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Now, the rapid advance of Bromus tectorum, a weedy Eurasian grass inadvertently introduced to the United States about a century ago, is igniting concern about the future of the West's sagebrush steppe and pinyon/juniper woodlands.
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The three most common dominant herbaceous species were Artemisia tridentata (big sagebrush), Gutierrezia sarothrae (snakeweed), and Bromus tectorum (downy chess grass); and the three most common dominant overstory and understory species were Juniperus monosperma (one-seed juniper), d.
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