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BROMUS TECTORUM [2 records]

Record 1 2016-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Graminae family.

OBS

Greek name for a kind of oats. About 60 species, most numerous in the north temperate zone. Some 14 species occur in the Western part of North America.

Key term(s)
  • brome grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Famille des graminées.

OBS

Environ 100 espèces communes dans les régions tempérées. Des quelques 43 espèces de l'Amérique du Nord, 17 sont introduites d’Europe, et quelques unes(Bromus rubeus, Bromus hordeacens, Bromus villosus, Bromus tectorum etc.) sont devenues sur la côte du Pacifique, de véritable fléaux. Le nom générique signifie : nourriture; allusion au bon fourrage que donnent ces plantes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 2 2016-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Weed Science
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Bromus tectorum L.

Key term(s)
  • downy brome

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Mauvaises herbes
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

famille des graminées

Spanish

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