Biology:Briza maxima
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Short description: Species of grass
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Briza |
| Species: | B. maxima
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Briza maxima is a species of the grass genus Briza. It is native to Northern Africa, Western Asia and Southern Europe and is cultivated or naturalised in the British Isles, the Azores, Australasia, the western United States , Central and South America, and Hawaii.[1]
This species has a large number of common names, including big quaking grass, great quaking grass, greater quaking-grass,[2] large quaking grass, blowfly grass, rattlesnake grass, shelly grass, rattle grass, and shell grass.[3][4][1]
It grows to a height of 60 cm. Their spikelets resemble those of the unrelated species Bromus briziformis. The seeds and leaves are edible.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Briza maxima | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2007-10-18 }}
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ Joondalup Coastal Foreshore Natural Areas Management Plan Retrieved 2007-10-15.
- ↑ Briza maxima. National Weeds Strategy. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
- ↑ "Briza maxima". Survival and Self Sufficiency. http://www.survival.org.au/bf_briza_maxima.php.
Wikidata ☰ Q140178 entry
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