Slender False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum, Poaceae), an Invasive Grass New to Ontario, Canada

Authors

  • Brian M. Miller Aboud & Associates Inc. (Consulting Arborists, Ecologists and Landscape Designers), 591 Woolwich Street, Guelph, Ontario N1H 3Y5
  • Robert J. Aitken Aboud & Associates Inc. (Consulting Arborists, Ecologists and Landscape Designers), 591 Woolwich Street, Guelph, Ontario N1H 3Y5
  • Michael J. Oldham Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 300 Water Street, Peterborough, Ontario K9L 1C8
  • Anton A. Reznicek University of Michigan Herbarium, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108-2287

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v125i3.1226

Keywords:

Brachypodium sylvaticum, Slender False Brome, Poaceae, invasive, new record, Grey County, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

Brachypodium sylvaticum, Slender False Brome, an invasive Eurasian grass, is reported for the first time in Ontario and eastern Canada from Grey County, southern Ontario. The only previous Canadian record is from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The species is widespread in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, where it is spreading aggressively throughout much of western Oregon. In the eastern U.S.A., known populations are few and localized, although the species will likely spread.

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Vol. 125 No. 3 (2011)

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