Bromus arizonicus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Bromus |
| Species: | B. arizonicus
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Bromus arizonicus is a species of brome grass known by the common name Arizona brome.
It is native to the Southwestern United States, California, and Baja California, where it grows in many types of grassy valley and desert habitat.
Description[edit]
It is an annual grass growing 40 to 90 centimetres (16 to 35 in) tall with an open, branching inflorescence. The spikelets are flat and hairy and have awns up to 1.5 centimetres (5⁄8 in) long.
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Categories:
- NatureServe vulnerable species
- Bromus
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Native grasses of California
- Grasses of the United States
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Pooideae stubs