Briza maxima is a species of the grass genus Briza. It is native to Northern Africa, the Azores, Western Asia, and Southern Europe and is cultivated or naturalised in the British Isles, Australasia, the western United States, Central and South America, and Hawaii.

What does quaking grass look like?

Quaking grass is one of our most attractive and easily recognised wild grasses on account of its delicate branched head of trembling or 'quaking' spikelets which are greenish yellow, often with a sheen and tinged purple. It is a perennial, its plants are tufted with smooth flat slightly greyish green leaves.

How tall does quaking grass grow?

Briza media: Quaking grass; Rattlesnake grass

This perennial ornamental grass reaches an height of 18 to 24 inches (45 to 60 cm) and looks delightful when its ¾ inch (2cm) long spearheads shake in a light breeze.