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Bromus japonicus Thunb. ex Murr.
Japanese brome
Symbol:	BRJA
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Duration:	Annual
U.S. Nativity:	Introduced

Plant Synonyms:

BRJA Bromus japonicus Thunb. ex Murr.

	BRJAP	Bromus japonicus Thunb. ex Murr. var. porrectus Hack.
	BRPA10	Bromus patulus Mert. & Koch

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Plant Distribution by State
Bromus japonicus Thunb. ex Murr.

County distributions for the following states are available in the PLANTS database:

Arkansas	California	Connecticut	Georgia	Illinois
Iowa	Kansas	Kentucky	Maine	Massachusetts
Michigan	Missouri	New Hampshire	North Carolina	North Dakota
South Carolina	South Dakota	Vermont	Virginia	West Virginia

Invasive Information:
Bromus japonicus Thunb. ex Murr.

Japanese bromegrass

Japanese chess

This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

KY	Haragan, P.D.. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and Adjacent States: A Field Guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky.. 278pp.

NE&GP;	Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.. 589pp.

SEEPPC	Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive Exotic Pest Plants in Tennessee (http://www.se-eppc.org/states/TN/TNIList.html, October 19, 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois..

WSWS	Whitson, T.D. (Ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.. 630pp.

Wetland Indicator Status:
Bromus japonicus Thunb. ex Murr.

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Taxonomic Hierarchy for: Bromus japonicus Thunb. ex Murr.
Kingdom	Plantae– Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta– Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta– Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta– Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida– Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae–
Order	Cyperales–
Family	Poaceae– Grass family
Genus	Bromus L.– brome
Species	Bromus japonicus Thunb. ex Murr.– Japanese brome

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Taxonomic Serial Number for Bromus japonicus Thunb. ex Murr.:
40479

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