Mountain Brome 



Mountain brome is a native grass of the Rocky Mountain States. It is 

 found in the mountainous areas of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New 

 Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, and Nevada. It is adapted 

 to a wide variety of soils and does well on open ground and in open woods. 



Bromar, which is being grown principally in Washington and Oregon, 

 is taller, more leafy, more disease resistant, and about 2 weeks 

 later in maturity than common mountain brome. It is particularly 

 well-suited for use in sweetclover-grass mixtures for pasture and 

 green manure. 



Rescuegrass 



Rescuegrass is a short-lived sodgrass that is used as a winter annual 

 in those States south of the southern boundary of Virginia, Kentucky, and 

 Missouri, and in eastern Oklahoma and Texas. The plant prefers fertile well- 

 drained soils, and provides pastures and ground cover in the fall, winter, 

 and early spring. It is subject to smut, which reduces both seed yield and 

 seed quality. 



Liamont is a new variety selected for smut resistance. Seed supplies 

 are being increased. 



Smooth Brome 



Smooth brome, which is an excellent pasture andhay grass, has inter- 

 laced roots and runners that quickly forma coarse, dense sod. It is adapted 

 to the Northern States, where it prefers moist, well-drained clay loams of 

 relatively high fertility. It begins growth early in spring and continues 

 through summer if sufficient moisture is available. Smooth brome is one 

 of the more drought-resistant, cool-season grasses. 



There are two general types of smooth brome --the Southern and the 

 Northern. The Southern type is well adapted throughout the Corn Belt and 

 the eastern Great Plains. The Northern type is well adapted to the States 

 that border Canada and to higher elevations in the Rocky Mountain States. 

 Seven varieties are important today. Only one of these- -Manchar--is of the 

 Northern type. 



Achenbach and Fisher are varieties adapted to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, 

 and Missouri. Achenbach is equal or superior to Lincoln in this area. 

 Seed supplies of both varieties are limited. 



Lincoln is a high-yielding variety that forms a good sod and is toler- 

 ant of drought and heat. It is grown in the Dakotas and Nebraska and 

 in States eastward to the Atlantic Ocean. 



Lyon and Lancaster are new varieties that have been grown primarily 

 in Nebraska. Both appear to outperform Lincoln in this area. 



Southland is a leafy, high-yielding variety adapted to the southern 

 part of the brome-grass area, including southern Kansas and eastern 

 Oklahoma. 



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