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Scientific classification
Genus:	Bromus
Species:	pubescens
Synonyms
Bromopsis pubescens (Muhl. ex Willd.) Holub Bromus ciliatus fo. laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Wiegand Bromus ciliatus subvar. laevivaginatus (Wiegand) Farw. Bromus ciliatus var. laeviglumis Scribn. ex Shear Bromus hookeri var. pubescens (Muhl. ex Willd.) E. Fourn. Bromus laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Hitchc. Bromus purgans fo. glabriflorus Wiegand Bromus purgans fo. laevivaginatus Wiegand Bromus purgans var. laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Swallen Forasaccus ciliatus var. laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Lunell

Bromus pubescens, the hairy woodland brome or hairy wood chess, is a grass species found across much of the eastern and central United States, as well as in Arizona, Québec and Ontario.

Bromus pubescens is a perennial herb up to 1.2 m (4 feet) tall. Leaf blades are up to 30 cm (12 inches) long and 15 mm (0.6 inches) across. Spikelets are drooping, up to 3 cm (1.2 inches) long, lacking awns on the glumes.

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