Species

Briza media

Etymology

Briza: From Greek brizo 'to nod' referring to the nodding motion of the spikelets

Common Name(s)

quaking grass

Authority

Briza media L.

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

BRIMED

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Year Naturalised

1881

Origin

Eurasia

This page last updated on 26 Mar 2010