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Avena fatua

Wild Oat

GNRUnranked Found in 17 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.160307

Element CodePMPOA0S030

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusAvena

Other Common Names

Common Wild Oats (EN) Folle avoine (FR) wild oat (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Alberta	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No
Yukon Territory	SNA	No
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
New Jersey	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
Nevada	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Arizona	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
New Mexico	SNA	No
North Dakota	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No
Alaska	SNA	No
Oklahoma	SNA	No
Hawaii	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Alabama	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (17)

Arizona (9)

Area	Forest	Acres
Black Cross	Tonto National Forest	5,966
Boulder	Tonto National Forest	40,359
Catalina St. Pk. Roadless Area	Coronado National Forest	951
Cimarron Hills	Coconino National Forest	5,303
Goldfield	Tonto National Forest	15,257
Horse Mesa	Tonto National Forest	9,146
Lime Creek	Tonto National Forest	42,568
Mazatzal	Tonto National Forest	16,942
Upper Romero Wsr	Coronado National Forest	150

California (8)

Area	Forest	Acres
Ladd	Cleveland National Forest	5,300
Little Pine	Los Padres National Forest	1,315
Nordhoff	Los Padres National Forest	12,031
Pine Creek	Cleveland National Forest	503
San Dimas	Angeles National Forest	7,160
Sespe - Frazier	Angeles National Forest	4,254
Solider	Six Rivers National Forest	14,918
Tule	Angeles National Forest	9,861

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 24. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxviii + 911 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.