Little Quaking-Grass

Briza minor

Introduced

At a glance

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Briza
Status: Introduced to Florida
Sightings: 61 verified in Florida
Also called: Small Quaking Grass, Lesser Quaking Grass, Annual Quaking Grass, Little Rattlesnake Grass, Shivery Grass, Little Fairy Bells

About

Briza minor is a species of grass known by the common names lesser quaking-grass or little quakinggrass. It is native to the Mediterranean Basin, and it is known elsewhere, including much of North America, as an introduced species. It is an annual grass producing narrow clumps of erect stems up to 50 centimeters tall. The inflorescence bears several small cone-shaped spikelets, each hanging on a pedicel.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Briza minor”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it grows in Florida

Panhandle NorthCentralSouthKeys

Panhandle: Bay, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Washington
North: Alachua, Duval, Nassau, St. Johns, Suwannee

15 of 67 counties, from research-grade iNaturalist observations. They show where people have photographed it, not every place it grows — absence here isn't proof it's absent.

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