Avena fatua (Wild oat)

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Avena fatua L.

Wild oat

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Avena fatua L. var. glabrata Peterm.
Avena fatua L. var. vilis (Wallr.) Hausskn.

6/12/2007 · Sausalito, California ID is uncertain

9/20/2009 · Maine ID is uncertain

9/3/2009 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 9″ (20 × 23 cm) ID is uncertain

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Commelinidae	Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order	Cyperales	Flowering plants including grasses
Family	Poaceae	Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus	Avena	Latin for oats
Species	fatua	Foolish, insipid, worthless

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Avena fatua description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.