Anisantha tectorum (L.)Nevski. See also Part II (click here)
Conservation status: C
First record: Fisher, c.1780?
Wall Brome-grass. Relhan,1785. [not in 1820]
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Bromus tectorum Triplow Heath Fisher ann. Berkenhout,25.
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var longipilus, Cambridge Seed testing Station, TG Tutin, 1.6.1932, K.
Filled in chalk pit on top of Limekiln Hill, Cambridge, 2.8.1962, PJ Bourne ann.Hubbard.
(plants about 2 feet tall) along bank for 100m. on N side of road, Mansel Way, leading into Alex Wood Rd, Arbury (newly made shrub border), 453.607, DE Coombe, 1.6.1991, det. var hirsutus Regel, PJO Trist, PVT, .
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KENNETT GRAVEL PIT–'HALF MOON PLANTATION' (former rubbish dump):
Good colony, along edge of belt of trees, 694.690, GMS Easy, c.1970.
Small colony apart from main colony, 698.687, waste ground, edge of gravel pit nr Kennett, GMS Easy, 14.7.1974, PVT.
Extensive colony at 694.690, 695.690, GMS Easy, 6.1977.
Good patch at edge of belt of trees, in fl. and fr., on edge of former gravel pit, with B. diandrus and B. sterilis, G Crompton & V Gordon et al, 6.6.1977.
Along track beside Economic Forestry nursery plantation, 693.688, AC Leslie, 1984.
Abundant along track to hedgebank & southwards on banks and mounds of soil, CPs, G Crompton & PJO Trist, 24.5.1988.
Many thousands of plants on banks, field edges, bulldozed areas, 453.607, PJO Trist, 25.5.1988,[R].
Abundant plants were growing along northern side of track against wire fence, and [continuation eastwards] also on steep knoll and field boundary running east from sharp bend in track. Pop. map, S Lambert with G Crompton, 24.6.1988.
Large colonies as before, but Economic Forestry Group gone, Pop. map, GMS Easy, 17.6.1994; G Crompton CPs,
Half Moon Plantation, DA Wells & Colin Newlands, 14.7.1994.
Half Moon Plantation, Kennett, DA Wells & S Emmerich, 5.6.1996, [R].
[no specs found in CGE, 1993.]
