Soft Brome

Soft Brome

Soft Brome

Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus

Annual or biennial. A common weed in native grasslands as well as gardens.

Details Description
Type
Graminoid
Group
Grass
Identifying Characteristics

Tufted grass to 1 m tall with relatively few leaves. Stems softly hairy to below the flower heads. Leaves up to 20 cm long and 2-7 mm wide, greyish-green with fine silky hairs. Flower heads held upright. Flowers October-January.
Distinctive Features

The spikelet excluding awns is less than 2 cm long and rather plump. The awns remain erect.
Life Form Group
Graminoid
Life Form Codes
Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid (MTG)
EVC types
EVC 132_61: Heavier-soils Plains Grassland
EVC 132_62: Lighter-soils Plains Grassland
EVC 132_63: Low-rainfall Plains Grassland
EVC 649: Stony Knoll Shrubland
Native Status
Introduced
Weed Status Invasiveness
High INVASIVE
Weed Status Impact
High IMPACT
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Bromus
Species
hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus
Soft Brome
Native to Europe and western Asia. Widespread in Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, South Australia and south-western Western Australia.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.