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Summary
Physical Characteristics
Avena strigosa is a ANNUAL growing to 0.9 m (3ft).
It is not frost tender. It is in flower from June to July, and the seeds ripen from August to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Wind.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay and nutritionally poor soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.
UK Hardiness Map
US Hardiness Map
Synonyms
Plant Habitats
Cultivated Beds;
Edible Uses
Edible Parts: Seed
Edible Uses: Coffee
Seed - cooked[1, 50, 61, 177]. The seed ripens in the latter half of summer and, when harvested and dried, can store for several years. It has a floury texture and a mild, somewhat creamy flavour. It can be used as a staple food crop in either savoury or sweet dishes. The seed can be cooked whole, though it is more commonly ground into a flour and used as a cereal in all the ways that oats are used, especially as a porridge but also to make biscuits, sourdough bread etc. The seed can also be sprouted and eaten raw or cooked in salads, stews etc. The roasted seed is a coffee substitute.
References More on Edible Uses
Medicinal Uses
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None known
References More on Medicinal Uses
Other Uses
Fibre Mulch Paper Thatching
The straw has a wide range of uses such as for bio-mass, fibre, mulch, paper-making and thatching[171]. Some caution is advised in its use as a mulch since oat straw can infest strawberries with stem and bulb eelworm.
Special Uses
References More on Other Uses
Cultivation details
Succeeds in any moderately fertile soil in full sun[200]. Prefers a poor dry soil[134]. Occasionally cultivated for its edible seed, especially in wetter and cooler climates such as Wales, Scotland and Ireland[50, 61], it is lower yielding than A. sativa and considered to be no more than a weed in many areas[61]. The smallness of its grain renders it unfit for cultivation in any but poor mountainous soils[2]. It could, however, be of value in any breeding programme for the cultivated oats. Oats are in general easily grown plants but, especially when grown on a small scale, the seed is often completely eaten out by birds. Some sort of netting seems to be the best answer on a garden scale.
References Carbon Farming Information and Carbon Sequestration Information
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Plant Propagation
Seed - sow in situ in early spring or in the autumn. Only just cover the seed. Germination should take place within 2 weeks.
Other Names
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Native Range
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Weed Potential
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Conservation Status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :
IUCN Red List
Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.
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