Taxon: Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P. Beauv. ex J. Presl & C. Presl subsp. elatius

See other conspecific taxa:

• Arrhenatherum elatius (154 accessions)
• Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. bulbosum (2 accessions)

Common names:

• false oat grass   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• French-rye   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• meadow oat grass   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• tall oat grass   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• avoine élevée   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• fromental   (Source: F Iraq ) – French
  
• französisches Raygras   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• Glatthafer   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• aveia-de-rosário   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• aveia-grande   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• mazorilla   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; revegetator   (fide Hortus 3; Grass USSR; F CalifJep (erosion control))
  
• Animal food: fodder; forage   (fide F Iraq; Grass USSR; Grass VarUSA)
  
• Weed   (fide Harv Pap Bot 9:45. 1996)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia [s.]
  Middle Asia: Turkmenistan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• widely naturalized in temperate regions

References:

• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Canaries)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq. (F Iraq)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR. (Grass USSR)
• Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)

Synonyms:

• (=) Arrhenatherum avenaceum (Scop.) P. Beauv.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (=) Avena elatior L.
  

Check other databases for Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P. Beauv. ex J. Presl & C. Presl subsp. elatius:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Check other databases for images:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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