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Briza maxima L.
big quakinggrass

       
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Photo of Briza maxima L.
Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Images:
Briza maxima L.

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Distribution:
Briza maxima L.

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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (CA, CO, GA, HI, IL, MA, MI, NJ, NY, OR, VT, WI), CAN (AB, BC, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Briza maxima L.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 7 species in Briza
 

Classification:
Briza maxima L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Cyperales
Family Poaceae – Grass family
Genus Briza L. – quakinggrass
Species Briza maxima L. – big quakinggrass
 

Introduced Information:
Briza maxima L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Briza maxima L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41529.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 09/25/2008 10:16 AM MDT