UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Briza minor

Briza maxima

little quaking grass

big quakinggrass
Habit Glabrous annual, the culms up to 5 dm. tall, hollow.
Leaves

Sheaths open; membranous ligule 1-4 mm. long;

blades flat, 2-8 mm. broad.

Flowers

Inflorescence a pyramidal panicle 5-15 cm. long;

spikelets broadly triangular, 4- to 6-flowered;

glumes at right-angles to the rachilla, 2-2.5 mm. long, prow-like at the tip;

lemmas cordate-based, 2 mm. long and 1.5 mm. broad;

paleas shorter than the lemmas;

lodicules 2, lanceolate, 0.7 mm. long.

Fruits

Utricle

Briza minor

Briza maxima
Flowering time May - June May-June
Habitat Dry waste areas. Dry to moist roadsides, wastelots, meadows, and other disturbed, open areas.
Distribution
Well established in Eastern North America; occasional on the West coast.
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to California; also in the southwestern U.S. and northeastern North America.
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Origin Introduced from the Mediterranean region Introduced Europe
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
B. maxima
B. minor
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