Avena fatua Wild oats (Gramineae)

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Avena fatua
Wild oats
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The Avena fatua plant species is found in Europe to Asia. Naturalized in Britain[17]. It is a member of the Gramineae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as Wild oats.

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Latin Name:  Avena fatua
Common Name:  Wild oats
Family:  Gramineae
Author:  L.

Known Hazards:  None known

Mature Height:  1.5   Mature Width:

Habitat:  A common weed of arable land and waste ground[1, 57].

Cultivation Notes: Succeeds in any moderately fertile soil in full sun[200]. Prefers a poor dry soil[134]. Tolerates a pH in the range 4.5 to 6.5. A parent of the cultivated oat, A. sativa[57, 171] but the seeds are somewhat smaller and yields lower. Oats are in general easily grown plants but, especially when grown on a small scale, the seed is often completely eaten out by birds. Some sort of netting seems to be the best answer on a garden scale.

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