View source for Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus

* Scientific Name: ''Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus''
* Family: Poaceae
* Common Names: California brome
* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Bromus'' ''carinatus, Ceratochloa'' ''carinata''
* Codon: BROSIT
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[[File:BROSIT1.jpg |thumb|Photo by Craig Althen, 2015. Also featured on Main Page]]
=== Taxonomy ===
{{Taxobox
| name =
| image =
| image_alt = ''Bromus carinatus''
| image_caption = Photo by Craig Althen, 2015. Also featured on Main Page
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| subregnum = Viridiplantae
| phylum = Tracheophyta
| subphylum= Spermatophytina
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Poales
| familia = Poaceae
| genus = ''Bromus'' L.
| species = '''''Bromus carinatus''''' Hook. & Arn.
| subspecies = "'''Bromus carinatus'' var. ''carinatus''''' Hook. & Arn.
| binomial = 
| binomial_authority = 
| synonyms = *''Ceratochloa carinata'' (Hook. & Arn.) Tutin
}}
<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=40520</ref>

===Description===
Perennial grass with erect culms to 180 cm tall.<ref name=":0">Flora of North America. Retrieved
from http://dev.floranorthamerica.org/Bromus_sitchensis</ref> Sheaths closed, often pubescent, auricles greatly reduced or absent.<ref name=":1">WTU
Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Bromus%20sitchensis%20var.%20carinatus</ref> Inflorescences narrow panicles with 6 to 9-flowered, laterally-compressed spikelets.<ref name=":0" /> Panicle branches with 1-5 spikelets.<ref name=":2">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D.,
& Legler, B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an
illustrated manual''. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 781.</ref> Lemmas keeled, awned,<ref name=":2" /> 7-11 veined, laterally compressed, typically glabrous;<ref name=":0" /> lower glumes 3-7 veined, glabrous.<ref name=":2" />

===Bloom Period===
May-August<ref name=":1" />

===Distribution===
Across western North America.<ref name=":1" />

===Habitat===
Prairies, grasslands, shrublands, open forest.<ref name=":2" />

===Propagation===

[https://npn.rngr.net/npn/propagation/protocols/poaceae-bromus-1561/?searchterm=Bromus%20sitchensis Native Plant Network Propagation Protocol]

===Seed===
[[File:Bromus caritanus.jpg|thumb|250px|''Bromus carinatus,'' photo by Lisa Hintz]]
[[File:Bromus caritanus 2.jpg|thumb|250px|''Bromus carinatus,'' photo by Lisa Hintz]]

'''Seed sample from:''' 2008

'''Average measurement:''' 14.6 x 1.5 x 1.5

'''Measurement range: L:''' 13.5 – 16 W: 1.1 – 1.8 D: 1.2 - 2

====Features====

'''Shape:''' Inner seed is about ½ the size of its husk, and brown.

'''Color:'''Seed husk tan, tending to be whiter toward hilium, and browner towards awn. 

'''Surface:'''Hilium is somewhat glossy, while rest of husk is very hairy. Awn is brown and straight.  Surface of seed longitudinally striate and glossy.

'''Latitudinal cross section:''' elliptical [[File:BRCA lat.png]]

'''Longitudinal cross section:''' elliptical [[File:BRCA long.png]]

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===Photo Gallery===
<gallery>
File:BROSIT1.jpg|Photo: Craig Althen, 2015
File:BROSIT2.jpg|Photo: Craig Althen, 2015
File:BROSIT3.jpg|Photo: Craig Althen, 2014
</gallery>

===References===
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