Plants Profile for Avena fatua (wild oat)

General Information
Symbol:	AVFA
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	AK I CAN I HI I L48 I
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Afghanistan. Usage Requirements.

©Mark W. Skinner. United States, CA, Napa Co., Carneros. June 25, 1996. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 218. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

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

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae – Grass family
Genus	Avena L. – oat
Species	Avena fatua L. – wild oat

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Avena fatua 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. 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 (1 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.

Wetland Status

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Related Links

More Accounts and Images
ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (AVFA)
CalPhotos (AVFA)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (AVFA)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (AVFAG)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (AVFAV)
Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley) (AVFA)
Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn) (AVFA)
The Grass Manual on the Web - Treatment (AVFA)
The Grass Manual on the Web - Map (AVFA)
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium (AVFA)

Related Websites
Arizona: abstract & image of flaxgrass (Avena fatua) (AVFA)
Canada-Manitoba Weeds (AVFA)
Mimi Kamp image (AVFA)
Pooideae (Poaceae) in Australia: species description (AVFA)
TX-Vascular Plant Image Gallery (TAMU) (AVFA)
UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images (AVFA)

Wildlife

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Cover

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Description of Values

Value Class	Food	Cover