Species

Avena barbata

Etymology

Avena: Ancient Latin name for oats.
barbata: From the Latin 'barbus', meaning bearded or provided with tufts of long weak hairs

Common Name(s)

slender oat

Authority

Avena barbata Link

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

AVEBAR

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Year Naturalised

1974

Origin

Mediterranean

This page last updated on 26 Mar 2010