wild oat

Avena fatua

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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...

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  1. (c) Antonio Ilardo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/63128733@N00/3811230661
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avena_fatua

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