According to Gray, this is “a common weed of agricultural fields, gardens roadsides, and other disturbed sites in open, sunny areas.” A single plant may produce from 35,000 to more than ...

They are common weeds of roadsides, fence rows, fields ... Spikelets are nodding, slender 3/8 to 3/4 inch long. Awns are 3/8 to 5/8 inch long, usually purplish at maturity. Downy brome was introduced ...