Taxonomy
Avena fatua | Wild-oat | Coirce fiáin
Distribution
Status
Conservation status
Not protected
Native status
Archaeophyte
Species Biology
Habitat
Cultivated ground
Life cycle
Perennial
Ex-situ conservation
Not known
Use
Food crop
Vegetative nature
Herbaceous
Distribution
World distribution(GBIF)
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2024
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Further information
This is a common weed of arable land and waste places, often abundant among wheat, barley and oats. It was introduced long ago, probably with seeds of cereals, now naturalised and widely distributed in the cultivated regions of Europe, North Africa and Central Asia.