Briza minor Calflora

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Taxon Report

Briza minor L.

Little quaking grass, Little quakinggrass, Little rattlesnake grass

2023 R.A. Chasey

2019 Gary McDonald

2019 Julie Kierstead Nelson

2022 R.A. Chasey

2023 Matt Berger

2008 Zoya Akulova

2023 R.A. Chasey

2022 Alice Cummings

2008 Keir Morse

Briza minor is an annual grasslike herb that is not native to California.


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Genus:	Briza
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: disturbed

Communities: weed, characteristic of disturbed places

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Information about Briza minor from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (BRMI2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).