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Species:

Avena fatua

Common Name(s):

wild oats, flaxgrass, wheat oats

Habitats Impacted:

cropland/pastureland, disturbed/waste areas

Regions likely to be Impacted:

PH, SE, SW

Present in Neighboring States?

CO, KS, LA, MO, NM, TX

Currently known from Oklahoma?

Yes

Avena fatua

Steve Dewey, Utah State University, Bugwood.org

More Images:

https://www.invasive.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=5166

What you should know!

Highly competitive in agricultural settings. Lowers the quality of field crops. Introduced as a seed contaminant.

Management information

https://www.invasive.org/control/

Dandelion Fields

Additional Online Resources for:

Avena fatua

Species Overview

https://www.invasive.org/browse/subinfo.cfm?sub=5166

Distribution Map

https://www.eddmaps.org/distribution/viewmap.cfm?sub=5166

iNaturalist Records in Oklahoma

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=12&subview=map&taxon_id=52698

iNaturalist Records in North America

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=97394&subview=map&taxon_id=52698

Herbarium Records

https://portal.torcherbaria.org/portal/collections/list.php?taxa=Avena+fatua&usethes=1&taxontype=2

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