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
- 3–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, naturalizing
- Native states
- CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SD, VA, VT, WI, WV