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Bromus porteri

(Coult.) Nash

Porter's Chess

G5Secure Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.134089

Element CodePMPOA151N0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusBromus

Other Common Names

Brome de Porter (FR) Nodding Brome (EN) Porter brome (EN) Porter's Brome (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Taxonomic Comments

Kartesz (1999) considers Bromus porteri distinct from B. anomalus.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-07-16

Change Date1993-07-09

Edition Date1993-05-05

Edition AuthorsAnnable, C.

Range Extent Comments

U.S.A.: ND, MT, SD, NE, WY, CO, and throughout the Rocky Mt.; Mexico; Canada; Sask, ND.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Mostly in open woods.

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Alberta	S4	Yes
Manitoba	S2	Yes
Saskatchewan	S4	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Texas	SNR	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Arizona	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
Nevada	S2	Yes
Colorado	S4	Yes
Nebraska	S3	Yes
Montana	S4	Yes
Wyoming	S4	Yes
Utah	SNR	Yes
North Dakota	SNR	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Nevada (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Boundary Peak (NV)	Inyo National Forest	21,851
Sugarloaf	Inyo National Forest	11,534

Utah (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Hancock	Dixie National Forest	9,809

References (3)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 24. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxviii + 911 pp.
Great Plains Flora Association (R.L. McGregor, coordinator; T.M. Barkley, ed., R.E. Brooks and E.K. Schofield, associate eds.). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 1392 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.