Prairie Brome
Bromus kalmii
Prairie brome is a graceful native brome of prairies and open woods, with nodding, drooping seed heads, a well-behaved cool-season grass for meadow plantings.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AR, CT, IA, IL, IN, MA, MI, MN, NJ, NY, PA, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV