| Scientific Name: | Bromus secalinus L. | Common Name: | Cheat |
| Scientific Family: | Affiliation: | TCE, TAES, And TTU | |
| Local Names: | Chess | Common Family Name: | Grass |
| Life Cycle: | Annual >> Winter | Type of Ligule: | Membraneous |
| Growth Stage: | Flowering | Environment: | Water Ways, Small Grains, Roadsides |
| Other: | A tufted, erect, winter annual up to 30 inches tall. Leaves are sparsely hairy. Seedhead is an open, nodding panicle. Lemma enrolled at maturity. | Upper Leaf Surface: | Few Hairs |
| Lower Leaf Surface: | Few Hairs | Collar Region: | No Hairs |
| Leaf Margins: | No Hairs | Blade Width: | Narrow |
| Prominent Midrib: | No | Color Green: | Normal |
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