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Bromus catharticus
Rescue Brome
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Bromus catharticus is a species of brome grass known by the common names rescuegrass, grazing brome, prairie grass, and Schrader's bromegrass. The specific epithet catharticus is Latin, meaning cathartic. The common name rescuegrass refers to the ability of the grass to provide forage after harsh droughts or severe winters. The grass has a diploid number of 42.
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Seasonality
Only 3 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 7 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 32 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 89 · GBIF 115 records
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 21 · GBIF 24 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 15 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 12 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 10 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Makawao · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawaihae 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Lālāmilo, Keanuʻiʻomanō · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Laupāhoehoe, Welokā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehuiki · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mokulēʻia 1 · OʻahuGBIF 1
Naholoku · MauiGBIF 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiGBIF 1
Kamehamenui · MauiGBIF 1
Makaʻehu · MauiGBIF 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pūlehunui · MauiGBIF 1
Kaunakakai · MolokaʻiGBIF 1