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Soft Brome

Bromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus

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Not native

Not native to Louisiana. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height
4.4 to 26 inches tall

At a glance

Not yet recorded · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 4 Louisiana parishes.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

11CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA

Genus host records with ranges including LA · Bromus

  • Amblyscirtes vialisCommon Roadside-Skipper, Black Little Skipper
  • Anatrytone loganDelaware Skipper, Logan Skipper, Black-Vein Skipper
  • Ancyloxypha numitorLeast Skipper
  • Cercyonis pegalaCommon Wood Nymph
  • Cisseps fulvicollisYellow-Collared Scape Moth
  • Dargida diffusaWheat Head Armywotm Moth
  • Hesperia leonardusLeonard's Skipper, Blazing Star Skipper, Pawnee Prairie Skipper, Pawnee Montane Skipper
  • Leucania phragmitidicolaNeedle Wainscot, Phragmites Wainscot
  • Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
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  • Gonioterma mistrella
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
11BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Bromus

  • Alectoris chukarChukar
  • Anser albifronsGreater White-fronted Goose
  • Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
  • Corvus brachyrhynchosAmerican Crow
  • Dendragapus obscurusDusky Grouse
  • Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
  • Oreortyx pictusMountain Quail
  • Perdix perdixGray Partridge
  • Spizella pusillaField Sparrow
  • Sturnus vulgarisEuropean Starling
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  • Zonotrichia atricapillaGolden-crowned Sparrow
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Poaceae

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus; Bromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus; Bromus mollis; Lop Grass; Soft Chess

Conservation status

Louisiana rankSNA
Global rankGNR
LA statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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