cheat grass

Downy brome; drooping brome (Bromus tectorum); an annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.

early chess

downy brome

drooping brome

brome grass

military grass

chess grass

Dachtrespe

brome des toits

Bromus tectorum

From cheat + grass, reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of the plant invading their fields.

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