Bromus ciliatus L. FRINGED BROME-GRASS. Ontario, Niagara Parks System,
Cameron (1895). "Near DeVeaux College," Day (1888). "Goat Island
and Niagara Gorge," Zenkert (1934). "... known to occur in the
Parks," Hamilton (1943).
Ontario: Queen Victoria Park,
Cameron, [ca.1890] (NFO); Niagara Glen, Hamilton , July 25, 1940 (NFO).
*Bromus commutatus Schrad. HAIRY CHESS. Ontario: Navy Island, Scott,
July 10, 1897, Heimburger (1955).
New York:
Scovel's Knoll, elevation several hundred yards east of the Niagara River, dense,
rich dry woods with occasional damp areas in eastern base.Eckel, June 16, 1988 (BUF); wooded path,
base of gorge just north of the whirlpool, Eckel, Zander & Plagemans, July
1, 1988 (BUF). Ontario: moist bluffs of
caprock, road to Maid of the Mist, Eckel, July 7, 1988 (BUF).Ontario: Navy
Island, beach, west end. Eckel, July 2, 1998 (BUF).
*Bromus inermis Leyss. HUNGARIAN BROME GRASS. New York: entrance to old train bed,
Niagara gorge rim, In thickets at slope to Whirlpool St.. Eckel 8705174 Aug. 10, 1986 (BUF); Goat
Island, Weedy area along path between slope and River, SW end of Island,
in seepage area, culvert. Eckel
8705177, Oct. 21, 1986 (BUF); Lewiston. Crest of the Niagara River
Gorge, N facing, area of weeds along face of the Niagara Escarpment. Dry,
exposed gravel of old railroad bed. P. M. Eckel 9003824 July 17, 1988 (BUF); Lewiston. shore of
Niagara River, 3 lots N of N boundary of Artpark, steep slope covered with
Solidago canadensis, S. graminifolia,
Epilobium parviflorum, Juncus torreyi; sheet seepage constant. P. M. Eckel with
R. H. Zander s.n. Sept. 19, 2001 (BUF).
Ontario: Navy
Island, northwest and northern river margin, top of embankment, west side,
Eckel, July 15, 1998 (BUF).
fo. aristatus (Schur) Fern., First of
the Three Sisters, Eckel, July 7, 1987 (BUF).
*Bromus japonicus Thunb. JAPANESE BROME-GRASS. New York: old railroad bed near gorge
crest ca. 1 mile south of Lewiston, Eckel, June 25, 1988 (BUF); railroad yard
at the Lower Arch Bridge, several miles north of the Falls, Eckel, June 25,
1988 (BUF); Lewiston. Talus slopes of the Niagara River Gorge ca. one mile S
of Lewiston, disturbed, shaley soil (natural disturbances), with Asclepias
tuberosa, Cornus racemosa thickets, Rhus spp. P. M. Eckel 889021 June 17, 1988 (BUF).
Erie Co. City of Buffalo. Squaw Island in the Niagara River, dry,
exposed ballast on west side facing river; beside sewage treatment plant. Few
plants. P. M. Eckel s.n. Aug. 5, 2001 (BUF).
.Reported as doubtfully persistent in the
Niagara Frontier Region by Zander and Pierce (1979), a status which will
probably change. In Ontario, this species has "gained in importance only
recently ... It is now widely established and abundant along roadsides and in
refuse dumps in the southwestern counties...," Dore and McNeill (1980).
Bromus kalmii Gray. KALM BROME. "Near the Whirlpool,
Ontario," Day (1888). "Rare. Ontario: near Whirlpool, Niagara gorge
(Day, Cat. of Niag. Fl.)," Zenkert (1934). "... known to occur in the
Parks," Hamilton (1943).
Ontario: Hydro Property
woods, near School of Horticulture, Hamilton, June 26, 1941 (NFO).
Listed as rare by Zander and Pierce (1979).
Bromus latiglumis
(Scribn.) Hitchc. TALL WOOD CHESS. (As B.
altissimus), "... DeVeaux College, Niagara Gorge," Zenkert
(1934).
New York: Lewiston,
"rocky bluffs, Niagara Gorge," Frank W. Johnson (BUF).
*Bromus mollis L. SOFT CHESS. New York:
(As Bromus hordeaceus L.) Devil's Hole State Park, dolomite caprock
overview at the open crest of Niagara R.gorge cracks; + Veronica
arvensis, Draba verna, Poa pratensis, Arenaria serpyllifolia, etc.
P. M. Eckel & R. H. Zander s.n. May 15, 1998 (BUF).
Ontario: road
to Sir Adam Beck Power Generating Facility off Wintergreen Flats, Dolomite-shale
interbedded rocks, dry, open station with mixed weeds and indigenous
vegetation. P. M. Eckel 891001 June 3, 1988 Eckel 891001, June 3, 1988 (BUF).
Bromus purgans L. HAIRY WOOD CHESS. Ontario: Whirlpool, Niagara,
William Scott, July 17, 1897. Stamford Tp., Niagara River, Lot 1, upland,
Miller (287), July 23, 1948, Heimburger (1955). "Niagara Co.: DeVeaux
College, near the Whirlpool ... forma laevivaginatus Wiegand has been
found at ... Niagara Glen, Ontario," Zenkert (1934).
(As B.
pubescens), range: NWT, Alta-sOnt-NB [status not given, but at least
rare in Ontario], Argus & White (1977).
*Bromus racemosus L.
SMOOTH BROME-GRASS, BALD BROME. "Fields near Lewiston," Day (1888).
"... known to occur in the Parks," Hamilton (1943).
Reports of this species are probably B.
commutatus (see above).
*Bromus secalinus L. CHEAT, CHESS. "Fields near Lewiston,"
Day (1888). Ontario,Queen Victoria Park, Panton (1890). Ontario, Niagara Parks System, Cameron (1895). Ontario: Queenston,
William Scott, Aug. 6, 1902, Heimburger (1955).
Ontario: Queen Victoria Park,
Cameron [ca.1890] (NFO).
*Bromus tectorum L.
CHEATGRASS BROME, DOWNY BROME-GRASS. Ontario: Station, Niagara Falls, Macoun,
July 3, 1901; Queenston, Scott, May 18, 1901, Heimburger (1955). "Ontario,
Niagara Glen," Zenkert (1934). "... known to occur in the
Parks," Hamilton (1943).
New York:
Lewiston, "near Railroad Station," Wright June 19, 1897 (BUF); top of
gorge at Niagara Falls, G. C. Hicks, June 16, 1928, UB Herbarium (BUF); abundant
throughout rocky, calcareous ourcropping in the gorge, becoming reddish with
nodding heads, limestone ourcropping, caprock, escarpment at Lewiston, Eckel,
June 16, 1988; Whirlpool State Park, on the gorge of the Niagara River, crest,
south section of park, open and dry, Comandra umbellata, Berbaris vulgaris,
Diplotaxis muralis. P. M. Eckel s.n. May 25, 2000 (BUF).
.
Ontario: Hydro Property, near
School of Horticulture, Dell, July 27, 1966 (NFO).