Taxon: Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.

Summary

Genus:

Bromus

Subgenus:

Ceratochloa

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Bromeae

Nomen number:

7783

Place of publication:

Bot. Beechey Voy. 403. 1840

Verified:

09/16/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

49 (32 active, 26 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn. var. carinatus (0 active accession[s])
Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn. var. marginatus (Steud.) Barkworth & Anderton (46 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bromus hookerianus Thurb.
Bromus laciniatus Beal
Bromus pendulinus Sessé ex Lag.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Barkworth, M. E. et al. 2006. Geography and morphology of the Bromus carinatus (Poaceae: Bromeae) complex. Madroño 53:233-243.
Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
Hurst, S. 1994. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Pavlick, L. 1995. Bromus L. of North America
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Soderstrom, T. R. & J. H. Beaman. 1968. The genus Bromus (Gramineae) in Mexico and Central America. Publ. Mus. Michigan State Univ., Biol. Ser. 3:481.
Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	sweet brome			1	Hurst, S. 1994. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Chinese	xian ji que mai	显脊雀麦		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska	w.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	North Dakota	s.w.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	South Dakota	w.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California (Norte)		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Idaho		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Wyoming		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas	w.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Ciudad de México		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tlaxcala		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Nevada		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta	s.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Saskatchewan	s.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica			Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador			Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala			Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
2	Cultivated	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California		Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
4	Naturalized	Northern America		United States		e.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Subarctic America	Canada	Yukon	s.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.

Native
Northern America

WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.), Alberta (s.), British Columbia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Nebraska (w.), North Dakota (s.w.), South Dakota (w.)]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas (w.)]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, Baja California (Norte)]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Ciudad de México]

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador

Cultivated
Northern America

SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

Naturalized
Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Yukon (s.)]
REGION: United States (e.)

Reference(s)

Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	forage	grazing	Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
Environmental	erosion control		Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=7783. Accessed 17 April 2026.