Briza media is a perennial grass in the family Poaceae and is a species of the genus Briza.

Briza media
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Briza
Species:	B. media
Binomial name
Briza media L.

Common name includes quaking-grass, common quaking grass, cow-quake, didder, dithering-grass, dodder-grass, doddering dillies, doddle-grass, earthquakes, jiggle-joggles, jockey-grass, lady's-hair, maidenhair-grass, pearl grass, quakers, quakers-and-shakers, shaking-grass, tottergrass, wag-wantons

Description

Grows to 40cm and flowers June to September in the UK. Characterised by fine stems and hops-shaped green and purple spikelets.[1] Distinguished from the closely related Briza maxima by the size of the flower spikelets.

Distribution and habitat

This grass species is common in England and Wales [2] It grows in dry calcareous grassland.[3] Its seeds are consumed by many farmland birds.

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  Keila, Estonia
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  Bory Tucholskie National Park, Poland

References

• "Briza media". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2007-10-18.

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