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Avena fatua L.
wild oat

       
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Photo of Avena fatua L.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Afghanistan. Usage Requirements.
 
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Images:
Avena fatua L.

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Synonyms:
Avena fatua L.

  AVFAG Avena fatua L. var. glabrata Peterm.
  AVFAV Avena fatua L. var. vilis (Wallr.) Hausskn.
 

Distribution:
Avena fatua L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Avena fatua L.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 11 species in Avena
 

Classification:
Avena fatua L.

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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 fatua L. – wild oat
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Avena fatua L.

flaxgrass
oatgrass
wheat oats
wild oats

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. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
Cal-IPC        California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Avena fatua L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Avena fatua L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41458.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Avena fatua L.

Arizona: abstract & image of flaxgrass (Avena fatua)

Manitoba Agriculture - Weeds in Crop Production: abstract & images

Mimi Kamp image

Pooideae (Poaceae) in Australia: species description

Texas A&M: Vascular Plant Image Gallery

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

 
 
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