The Beauty of Grass. Briza media, Trembling Grass, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

            This Briza media is one of 12,000 (!) species of grass. Many  people haven't really ever looked to see how pretty grasses can be, and this one is a prime example.
Johannes Snippendaal (1616-1670), prefect of our Botanical Garden, called this beautiful grass 'Gramen tremulum majus', a name I like rather more than the official one today, 'Briza media'. Even in the quiet air the tiny flowers - here in full bloom - still tremble ('tremulum') and hence one of its common names in English is 'Quaking Grass'.
   

Taken in: Nederland / Noord-Holland / Amsterdam / De Jordaan (show map)

Taken on: May 25, 2018

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Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Johannes Snippendaal

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Camera: Sony DSC-TX30, f/3.5, 1/250 sec, 4.7mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSC-TX30
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	4.7mm
ISO:	80
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	DSC-TX30 v1.00
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