Briza media
Common name
quaking grass
Family
Poaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Grasses
NVS code
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.
BRIMED
Conservation status
Not applicable
Year naturalised
1881
Origin
Eurasia
Etymology
briza: From Greek brizo ‘to nod’ referring to the nodding motion of the spikelets