Quaking grass

Such a lot of lovely grasses around at the moment. I had to look this up on PlantNet and I really like the name of this one.

[Dione Giorgio]

Looks very interesting. I have never seen or heard of these plants. Beautiful capture.

[Pat]

@sangwann Thanks Dione. They are very light and hollow inside and they really do quake in the breeze.

[Babs]

So unusual what a great find.

[RomainZ]

Euh 😳... Very strange. I have no idea what it is....

I was curious about this and got the following information from Ms Google ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briza_maxima

.... Is this food for animals?

[Pat]

@onewing Thanks Babs

[GaryW]

Very unusual, indeed. Any idea why it is called Quaking grass? Those look like seed pods.

[Pat]

@romainz Thanks for the link Romain. I don’t think it’s animal feed. I’ve only ever seen it growing wild and I remember my mom picking it to use in flower arrangements.

[Pat]

@thewatersphotos Thanks Gary, they are seed pods but very light and hollow so when they dance in the breeze they look like they are shivering or quaking.

[GaryW]

@pattyblue That makes sense!

[Lesley]

Oh my, how unusual. Lovely shot of them.

[bkb in the city]

Great find and shot

[Fisher Family]

A lovely shot of these seed pods!

Ian

[Kate]

Nice close-up.

[Monica]

Nice! I had never seen it

[bruni]

Very unusual and interesting to look at. I can see them in flower arrangements. one has to be very careful when touching if they're so light and hollow. have to add it to my favorites.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wow what super seeds!

[Judith ❤️🙏]

Incredible - I have never seen these seeds before.

[Monique]

Beautiful