See other conspecific taxa:

• Briza media subsp. elatior (0 accessions)
• Briza media subsp. media (0 accessions)

Common names:

• perennial quaking grass  (Source: Names Beetle) - English
• quaking grass  (Source: F GB Ire) - English
• totter grass  (Source: Weed CIBA) - English
• darrgräs  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage (grazing)
• Environmental:
• Weed: potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.w.), Pakistan (n.e.)

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation, [Saratov] Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

• United States

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) URL: www.skud.info
2. Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
3. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
4. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
5. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
6. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Briza+media&quantity=1 target='_blank'
8. Howell, C. J. & J. W. D. Sawyer. 2006. New Zealand naturalised vascular plant checklist
9. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
10. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
11. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
12. Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
13. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
14. Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
15. Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:196.
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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=7726. Accessed 5 July 2024.