Briza maxima L., 1753 20% complete

Great quaking grass

Sp. Pl.: 70 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Briza maxima, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded8 Not on the record15 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 70 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Great quaking grass No source recorded
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Observations Macaronesia to Medit. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 28 cm
  • 28.15 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 118 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 175, 178, 249, 598, 654, 861, 882
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 178, 833, 882
Sourced
Flower color empty Not on the record
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit shape caryopsis Sourced
Growth rate empty Not on the record
Maximum height 39 cm
  • 39 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 175, 178, 249, 598, 654, 861, 882
Sourced
Phenology
Bloom months mar Sourced
Duration annual
  • annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 92, 175, 178, 460, 534, 882
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light empty
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Soil salinity empty
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type — Not on the record
Propagation method — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record