Briza minor

2. Briza minor L. (Medit.) – Formerly a well-established weed of sandy arable land, especially in the province of Antwerpen (Olen, Tongerloo, Wilrijk,…). Briza minor was recorded at least from ca. 1815 until the end of the 19^th century. In the 20^th century much decreasing in such habitats and long gone by now. Occasionally recorded as a wool alien in the Vesdre valley between 1909 and 1920. In the past decades an exceptional alien of obscure origin (possibly in part a garden escape). Recorded most recently on wasteland in Oostende in 1949 and as a garden weed in Tervuren in 1980.

Herbarium specimen