Avena fatua

Basic information
Scientific name	Avena fatua	Click to magnify
Common names	Wild oats, Spring wild oat
Higher taxon	Poaceae, Poales, Liliopsida, Magnoliophyta
Natural range	Europe.
Habitat	Crop field, pasture field, grassland, stream, roadside, vacancy, riverside, etc.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Almost entire Japan
Origin	Unknown.
Date	Very old (3,000 or more years ago).
Route	Accidental: Hitchhiking on transport of grain.
Impact	Potentially: Competition with native and crop plants. Allelopathy. Host for insects, fungi, viruses, nematodes. Native organism(s) affected: Native and crop plants.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	North and Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania.

Reference	Notes
Jpn Assoc Advanc Phyto-Regul & Inst Contr Agrochem, Minist Agr, China (2000) Chinese Colored Weed Illustrated Book. Zenkoku-Noson-Kyoiku-Kyokai, Tokyo etc.