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Poaceae
Avena

*Avena sativa Linnaeus. Common name: Oats. Phenology: Mar-Jul. Habitat: Fields and disturbed areas, commonly planted but not long-persistent. Distribution: Native of Middle East.

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Origin/Endemic status: W. Asia

Other Comments: An important crop, but apparently only a weed until transported from the Middle East to the moister central Europe, where cultivated beginning about 3000 BP (Hancock 2004).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, ETx1, FlGr, FNA24, G, HC, Il, K4, Meso6, Mi, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, S13, SFla, Tn, W, Tucker (1996); = Avena fatua L. ssp. sativa (L.) Thell. — Tx; = Avena fatua L. var. sativa (L.) Hausskn. — Mo1; = n/a — Tat; > Avena sativa L. var. orientalis (Schreb.) Alef. — F; > Avena sativa L. var. sativa — F. Basionym: Avena sativa L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Avena sativa - FNA24

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: UPL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: UPL

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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native range: Eurasia and Africa



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