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NMSU: Selected Plants of Navajo Rangelands

Selected Plants of Navajo Rangelands

Take care of our Navajo Rangelands

Rescuegrass

(a.k.a. grazing brome, prairie grass)

Bromus catharticus is most notable for its strongly flattened spikelets. It grows in disturbed sites and is commonly seen along the roadside and under road signs.

*Description courtesy of Western New Mexico University's Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness.

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