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.
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, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, West Arthur, Wongan-Ballidu.