OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Avena sativa   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Avena sativa   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Avena sativa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Avena sativa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-33-001:

Avena sativa   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Avena sativa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Avena sativa

 

COMMON NAME:
Domestic Oats


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image of Avena sativa, Domestic Oats

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_avsa_001_lvd

        

image of Avena sativa, Domestic Oats

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_avsa_002_lvd

        

image of Avena sativa, Domestic Oats

JK Marlow    jkm120526_586b

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Spikelets 15-30mm long, 6-10mm wide. Glumes usually 9-nerved, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Avena sativa, Domestic Oats

JK Marlow    jkm120526_588

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaf blades glabrous on both surfaces; sheaths glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Avena sativa, Domestic Oats

Keith Bradley    kab_avena_sativa_9106

November    Berkeley County    SC

image of Avena sativa, Domestic Oats

Keith Bradley    kab_avena_sativa_9115

November    Berkeley County    SC

Panicle loose, open; branches spreading to ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Avena sativa   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Avena sativa   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Avena sativa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Avena sativa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-33-001:
Avena sativa   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Avena sativa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Avena sativa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3494

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Fields and disturbed areas, commonly planted but not long-persistent, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Middle East

Common in Coastal Plain & in Carolina Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Inflorescence a loose open panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Grain yellowish
Grain

 

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