Bromus carinatus

California brome is a short lived medium-tall, competitive, native bunchgrass valued for its rapid and easy establishment for re-vegetation and erosion control purposes. The deep fibrous root system makes the plant fairly resistant to grazing and drought. Provides good cover for wildlife and the seed is consumed by quail and small mammals. California brome is also a larval food plant for the Umber Skipper butterfly. This hardy grass is a native competitor to exotic weeds. Plant it a year or two in advance of planting other native grasses. From British Columbia south to lower California and west to the Rocky Mountains from Alberta to New Mexico. Provides good cover for wildlife and the seed is consumed by quail and small mammals. Native Americans often dried and ground the seeds into flour to make bread and other foods. Found in bottomlands, mountain slopes, valleys, and ridge tops . Communitites located in Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, Alpine Fell-fields Between 0 and 11482 feet .