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Briza media
Also called Quaking grass, Perennial Quaking Grass, Totter Grass, Big Quaking Grass, Common Quaking Grass
Briza media is a perennial grass in the family Poaceae and is a species of the genus Briza.
Common names include quaking grass, common quaking grass, cow-quake, didder, dithering grass, dodder grass, doddering dillies, doddle grass, earthquakes, jiggle-joggles, jockey grass, lady's hair, maidenhair grass, pearl grass, quakers, quakers-and-shakers, shaking grass, tottergrass, and wag-wantons.
This grass species is common in England and Wales but rare in northern Scotland. It is native and widely distributed in Britain and Europe, except for the extreme north. It is absent from Iceland, the Faroe Islands, the Isles of Scilly, and the far north and south of Ireland.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Briza media by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
