BRIZA media. Rattlesnake grass, big quaking grass. Europe and Asia. A perennial bunchgrass making clumps with rather ordinary, furry green leaves up to 1' long. Its ornamental feature is its slender stems carrying open sprays of inflated spikelets, much resembling a rattlesnake's rattles, in spring. These are useful in dried arrangements. It is attractive in mixed meadows, but there are better candidates for use in large, uniform drifts. Sun or light shade, most soils, moderate watering. Hardy to around 0^oF.