Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Briza// Species: Briza media L.// Subspecies: Briza media L. subsp. media.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Tutin in Tutin et al. (1980).
Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Macaronesia; Northwest Africa; from Europe to Siberia and Iran; Himalayas to South Central China according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Grasslands/pastures, rocky terrains, clearings of oak and European beech forests, from c. 900 up to 1600 m altitude.
Flowering period: Late spring – summer: MAY, JUN, JUL.
Briza media subsp. media – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – flowering stems with panicles. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – panicle. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – panicle branches with spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – panicle branch with spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – panicle branch with spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – axis and branches of panicle. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – stems with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – stems with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – stem with leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – adaxial side of leaf (left) and abaxial side of leaf (right). Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – stem, leaf sheath and ligule. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – plant base. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – plant base. Osogovo – Ponikva (Visoka chuka region), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Briza media subsp. media – panicles. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – panicles. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – panicle. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – spikelets. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – spikelets. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – spikelets. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – spikelets. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – spikelets. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – spikelets. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – stem with leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – stem with leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – stem with leaf sheath. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – adaxial side of leaf lamina. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – abaxial side of leaf lamina. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – leaf sheath with ligule. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Briza media subsp. media – stems with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Briza L. Tutin T.G. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 173.
