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Poaceae
Field brome
Bromus arvensis
Also known as Soft brome, Bromus arvensis, Annual brome, Bromus arvensis var. degeneri
Native Plants · Brome Grass · Poaceae · Annual Grass · Wildflower Mix · Meadow · Cool Season · Ground Cover · Ornamental Grass · Naturalized · Restoration
Field brome is a cool-season annual grass commonly found in disturbed soils, meadows, and roadsides. It grows readily with moderate watering and partial to full sun, making it low effort to maintain in naturalized or restoration plantings. It is best used in wildflower mixes or as a ground cover rather than formal garden settings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly to keep soil moderately moist; tolerates brief dry spells · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 3a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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