Briza media L.
(Quaking-grass)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBriza media (Quaking-grass)
GenusBriza (quaking grasses)
TribePoeae (a tribe of grasses)
SubfamilyPOOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Briza media (Quaking-grass) :
1: Briza media (Quaking-grass)
30 May 2017 OSIGR: M20 Vice County: Clare (VC H09) Eire
Patch in cleft in limestone
Image 1: Patch of Quaking Grass in cleft in limestone
2: Briza media (Quaking-grass)
1 May 2005 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Shoot - close-up - dark backgroundImage 2: Shoot - close-up - dark background (2)Image 3: Shoot - close-up - pale backgroundImage 4: Shoot - close-up - pale background (2)Image 5: Leaf base - abaxial view - highly enlargedImage 6: Leaf base - adaxial view - highly enlargedImage 7: Leaf base and ligule - adaxial view - highly enlargedImage 8: Leaf bases - side view - highly enlargedImage 9: Leaf bases - side view - highly enlarged (2)Image 10: Leaf surface - abaxial view - highly enlargedImage 11: Leaf tip - highly enlargedImage 12: Leaf tips - highly enlarged
3: Briza media (Quaking-grass)
31 May 1971 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: Inflorescence

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Dixon, J.M. 2002 No. 224: Briza media Biological Flora of the British Isles J. Ecology 90: 737-752.

Briza media (Quaking-grass) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Briza media (Quaking-grass)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Briza media (Quaking-grass)
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