Bromus grandis
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Bromus grandis is a species of brome grass
Bromus
Bromus is a large genus of the grass family . Estimates in the scientific literature of the number of species have ranged from 100 to 400, but plant taxonomists currently recognize around 160–170 species...

 known by the common name tall brome.

It is native to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 and Baja California
Baja California
Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...

, where it grows in many types of habitat from forest to coastal scrub. It is a perennial grass growing up to 1.5 meters tall. It has hairy leaves and open inflorescences of fuzzy flat spikelets. It is related to Bromus orcuttianus
Bromus orcuttianus
Bromus orcuttianus is a species of brome grass known by the common name Orcutt's brome.It is native to western North America from Washington to Baja California, where it grows in many types of habitat....

, which shares its range.

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