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Avena sterilis L.
animated oat

   
Symbol: AVST
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Native Status:  
  
  



 
More Information:
  • Classification Report
  • Data Source and Documentation
 

Distribution by State:
Avena sterilis L.

Distributional Map for Avena sterilis L.
Distribution Map Legend

Avena sterilis L. distribution:
USA (CA, NJ, OR, PA), CAN (ON, QC)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
CA

 

Related Taxa:
Avena sterilis L.

338 genera in Poaceae, 11 species in Avena
Distribution of Avena sterilis L. ssp. ludoviciana (Durieu) Gillet & Magne [excluded]. .
Avena sterilis ssp. ludoviciana
Related Taxa Legend
 

Classification:
Avena sterilis L.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass   Commelinidae
Order   Cyperales
Family   Poaceae – Grass family
Genus   Avena L. – oat
Species   Avena sterilis L. – animated oat
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Avena sterilis L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

United States:
animated oat Noxious weed
Alabama:
animated oat Class A noxious weed
California:
animated oat Quarantine
Florida:
animated oat, wild oat Noxious weed
Massachusetts:
animated oat Prohibited
Minnesota:
animated oat Prohibited noxious weed
North Carolina:
animated oat Class A noxious weed
Oregon:
animated oat Quarantine
South Carolina:
sterile oats Plant pest
Vermont:
animated oat Class A noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Avena sterilis L.

animated oat

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

US Plant Protection and Quarantine. 2006. Federal noxious weed list (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/weeds/weedlist2006.pdf, 24 May 2006). USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Washington, DC. 2pp.
STATE Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

Introduced Information:
Avena sterilis L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.

 

 

 
Time Generated: 02/11/2009 03:47 PM MST