Bromus aff. inermis Leyss. (Finland, Vantaa, Tammisto, 2000). – Image: Harri Harmaja (scanned from dried specimen). – A stand of this grass taxon was found by me in 1999 under a tall spruce tree (Picea abies) at the margin of rich forest with Corylus avellana, Quercus robur (at the northern border of its natural distribution), and other trees. The site is within the famous Tammisto Nature Reserve, at its border near a street. The plant forms small, loose tufts and differs from typical B. inermis (Poaceae) that occurs very near along roadsides by (i) the blue-green overall colouration, (ii) the slightly asymmetric panicle, with its axis and branches somewhat lax and its tip slightly nodding, (iii) the slightly broader (more distinctly flattened) spikelets, (iv) the lemma being sparsely hairy also elsewhere besides the base, and above all (v) by having a short but distinct (1.5-3 mm long) awn to the lemma. Thus, the plant of Tammisto somewhat resembles B. sibiricus Drobov of NE Russia.
Created August 6, 2004.