The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1975
Latest year: 2005

County Status
Established

Family
Poaceae

Total records held
16

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 9	10
Tetrads: 9	10
Hectads: 10	11

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Jan 11 2007

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Hungarian Brome is a newly establish perennial of waysides and rough grasslands. This species occurs very rarely, scattered throughout Derbyshire from Mellor (SJ9988) and Birley Vale (SK3984) in the north to Mickleover (SK3035) and Foremark Reservoir (SK3324) in the south. Our plant is subspecies Xxinermis, native to continental Europe, previously sown as a fodder crop, now usually introduced as a seed contaminant.