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§1 Plant

Avena sativa L.

vernacular common oat — species · Poaceae

USDA
AVSA
GBIF
2705290
Rank
species
common oat (Avena sativa)
Platephotograph · Larry SwiftCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Annual
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Avena
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Introduced
  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • GL Greenland Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • PR Puerto Rico Introduced
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 636 counties across 45 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 636 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
None
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-23 °F minimum
Frost-free days
90 min.
Precipitation
25–100 in/yr
pH range
5.3–8.5
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Rapid
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
None
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
19,400
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
Yes
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 636 counties across 45 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 20 I ▾
California view state ↗ 24 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 4 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 53 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 56 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 22 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 29 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 54 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 26 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 31 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 35 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 12 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 35 I ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 7 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/AVSA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2705290 ↗

Record version

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