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Pattern Baby Wheat Avena fatua,Common Wild Oat,Geotagged,Portugal Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

''Avena fatua'' is a species of grass in the oat genus. It is known as the common wild oat. This oat is native to Eurasia but it has been introduced to most of the other temperate regions of the world. It is naturalized in some areas and considered a noxious weed in others. It is a typical oat in appearance, a green grass with hollow, erect stems 1 to 4 feet tall bearing nodding panicles of spikelets. The long dark green leaves are up to a centimeter wide and rough due to small hairs. The seedlings.. more

Similar species: Grasses, Bromeliads, Sedges
Species identified by WildFlower
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Uploaded Oct 18, 2012. Captured May 29, 2012 09:36 in Rua Gama 105, 2750-642 Cascais, Portugal.
  • FinePix S1000fd
  • f/3.3
  • 1/400s
  • ISO64
  • 17.1mm