Scientific Name:	Bromus riparius Rehman
English Name:	meadow brome
Classification / Taxonomy
Scientific Name - Concept Reference:	Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 24. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxviii + 911 pp.
Classification Level:	Species
Species Group:	Vascular Plant
Species Code:	BROMRIP
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Plantae Anthophyta Monocotyledoneae Cyperales Poaceae
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status:	GNR (Nov 2011)
Provincial Status:	SNA (Apr 2019)
BC List:	Exotic
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Endemic:	N
Disjunct, more common elsewhere:	N
Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere:	N
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B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Bromus riparius. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 5, 2026).