Taxonomy
Avena strigosa | Bristle Oat | Coirce beag
Distribution
Status
Conservation status
Nationally scarce
Native status
Neophyte
Species Biology
Habitat
Weed of cereal crops
Life cycle
Perennial
Ex-situ conservation
Seed accessions in the National Genebank, Backweston (traditional cultivar/landrace seed collected in 2010). Material in the seed and genebank at Trinity College Botanic Garden Dublin (set up by Genetic Heritage Ireland). ISSA
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 species is cultivated in the mountainous regions of Wales, on the islands of Western and Northern Scotland and in Ireland, usually in places where conditions are unfavourable for the Common Oat, Avena sativa. In these areas it is also widely spread as a weed in cornfields. In other parts of Ireland and Britain it can be found growing on waste ground. In addition it is cultivated in West and Central Europe.