California Brome
Bromus carinatus
California brome is a fast cool-season bunchgrass of western woodlands and grasslands, widely used for quick cover and erosion control after fire or disturbance. The seed has been ground into a traditional meal or mush (piñole).
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 4–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, GA, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OR, SD, WA, WY