Briza media L.
(Quaking-grass)

Interactions where Briza media is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
(live)		live is parasitised by			Blumeria graminis	Grass Mildew, Grass and Cereal Powdery Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Blumeria graminis/	Blumeria graminis	grass mildew, grass and cereal powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Briza media/	Briza media	quaking-grass		live						parasitises live
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium			Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola	Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/	Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola	black stem rusts of wild grasses		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Briza media/	Briza media	quaking-grass		live	leaf					amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
root		root is parasitised by			Melampyrum sylvaticum	Small Cow-wheat	Lamiales: Orobanchaceae	Small Cow-wheat Melampyrum sylvaticum L.: Scrophulariaceae in England, Tennant, D.J., 2008	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum sylvaticum/	Melampyrum sylvaticum	small cow-wheat					Foodplant / hemiparasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Briza media/	Briza media	quaking-grass			root					is hemiparasitic on root
sheath (dead)		dead sheath is decayed by scattered or in small groups, immersed pseudothecium			Pyrenophora tritici-repentis	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Pyrenophora tritici-repentis/	Pyrenophora tritici-repentis	an ascomycete		scattered or in small groups, immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Briza media/	Briza media	quaking-grass		dead	sheath					scattered or in small groups, immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead sheath
sheath (live)		live sheath is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola	Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/	Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola	black stem rusts of wild grasses				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Briza media/	Briza media	quaking-grass		live	sheath					uredium parasitises live sheath
sheath (live)		live sheath is parasitised by linear telium			Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola	Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/	Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola	black stem rusts of wild grasses		linear		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Briza media/	Briza media	quaking-grass		live	sheath					linear telium parasitises live sheath
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by scattered or in small groups, immersed pseudothecium			Pyrenophora tritici-repentis	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Pyrenophora tritici-repentis/	Pyrenophora tritici-repentis	an ascomycete		scattered or in small groups, immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Briza media/	Briza media	quaking-grass		dead	stem					scattered or in small groups, immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola	Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/	Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola	black stem rusts of wild grasses				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Briza media/	Briza media	quaking-grass		live	stem					uredium parasitises live stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by linear telium			Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola	Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/	Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola	black stem rusts of wild grasses		linear		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Briza media/	Briza media	quaking-grass		live	stem					linear telium parasitises live stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Tennant, D.J., 2008	Small Cow-wheat Melampyrum sylvaticum L.: Scrophulariaceae in England	Watsonia Vol 27, No 1: 23-36.

Briza media (Quaking-grass) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Briza media (Quaking-grass)
Genus	Briza (quaking grasses)
Tribe	Poeae (a tribe of grasses)
Subfamily	POOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
Family	POACEAE (grasses, couch)
Order	POALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Briza media (Quaking-grass)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Dixon, J.M.	2002	No. 224: Briza media	Biological Flora of the British Isles J. Ecology 90: 737-752.

Briza media (Quaking-grass) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Briza media (Quaking-grass):

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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