Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Bromopsis ciliata [Bromopsis canadensis] [Bromus canadensis] [Bromus ciliatus]
- Family
- Poaceae
- CommonName
- fringed brome
- Presence
- yes
- Status
- native
- EarliestDate
- 1935
- LatestDate
- 2025
- Ecosystem
- foothill, montane, subalpine, tundra
- Geobotanical
- Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos
- Counties
- Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache
- Passes
- WildlifePreserves
- Other Localities
- Del Norte
- Comments
- Perennial and cool-season, fringed brome in the Watershed has been vouchered fifteen or so times, from a variety of habitats and vegetative zones. It ranges from foothill (e.g., near Crestone, Saguache Co, 1991) to alpine (upper Cottonwood Creek, Saguache Co, 2006). Bromopsis ciliatus is most common in mixed conifer forests. BONAP (2025) shows the species from all Watershed counties in Colorado. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico to the Big Bend region of Texas. Its USA distribution is extensive, with records from all states except for Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and the Deep South. Superficially, Bromopsis ciliatus can be mistaken for Anisantha tectorum (cheatgrass), but B. ciliatus is perennial, not annual, and its awns are shorter (3-5 mm compared to 10-18 mm). B. ciliatus and B. richardsonii are also very similar, and sometimes they are combined into one species. Note that some authorities place Bromopsis ciliatus in an inclusive Bromus (e.g., Allred et al. 2020; BONAP, 2025).
- Annotation