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Avena sativa L.
Common Oat

Reference
Sp.Pl. 1:79 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect annual, grass-like or herb, to 1.5 m high. Fl. green, Oct. Black sand, calcareous loam, brown clay, red ironstone gravel. Hills, plains, disturbed road verges and railway reserves, paddocks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 7 October 2007
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Bunbury, Chittering, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dundas, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Kent, Kwinana, Manjimup, Merredin, Mingenew, Perenjori, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, South Perth, Swan, Toodyay, West Arthur, Wongan-Ballidu.