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Encyclopedia > Arrhenatherum
?Oat grass
Oat grass (Arrhenatherum elatius)
Oat grass (Arrhenatherum elatius)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Arrhenatherum
P.Beauv.
Species

See text. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (673x1675, 802 KB) Arrhenatherum elatius plant Auwahi - Maui, Hawaii - July 21, 2001 Photo by: Forest & Kim Starr Photo #: starr-010721-9002 Source: http://www. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Liliopsida is the botanical name for a class. ... families see text Poales is a botanical name at the rank of order. ... Subfamilies There are 7 subfamilies: Subfamily Arundinoideae Subfamily Bambusoideae Subfamily Centothecoideae Subfamily Chloridoideae Subfamily Panicoideae Subfamily Pooideae Subfamily Stipoideae The true grasses are monocotyledonous plants (Class Liliopsida) in the Family Poaceae, also known as Gramineae. ...

Arrhenantherum, commonly called Oat or Button grass, is a genus with seven species and subspecies from the grass family Poaceae. It grows in Europe and the Mediterranean. Wild forms resemble Wild Oat (Avena) or Fescue (Festuca). Subfamilies There are 7 subfamilies: Subfamily Arundinoideae Subfamily Bambusoideae Subfamily Centothecoideae Subfamily Chloridoideae Subfamily Panicoideae Subfamily Pooideae Subfamily Stipoideae The true grasses are monocotyledonous plants (Class Liliopsida) in the Family Poaceae, also known as Gramineae. ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of Earth; the term continent here referring to a cultural and political distinction, rather than a physiographic one, thus leading to various perspectives about Europes precise borders. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... Species Avena abyssinica Avena barbata - Slender Wild Oat Avena brevis Avena fatua - Common Wild Oat Avena maroccana Avena nuda Avena occidentalis Avena pubescens - Downy Oat-grass Avena pratensis - Meadow Oat-grass Avena sativa - Oat Avena sterilis - Winter Wild Oat Avena strigosa - Bristle Oat Avena is a genus of 10-15... Species See text Fescue (Festuca) is a genus of about 300 species of tufted grasses, belonging to the grass family Poaceae. ...


Oat-grass is a very common perennial with yellowish roots. The shining stems grow to a height of 1.50 m, but die off in winter. The leaves are hairless with blunt ligules. The inflorescence spreads into a panicle with 2-flowered bisexual spikelets. A Red Valerian, a perennial plant. ... ROOT is an object-oriented software package developed by CERN. It was originally designed for particle physics data analysis and contains several features specific to this field, but it is also commonly used in other applications such as astronomy and data mining. ... A stem is the above ground axis of a vascular plant. ... The leaves of a Beech tree A leaf with laminar structure and pinnate venation In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers on a branch of a plant. ... White-fruited Rowan (Sorbus glabrescens) corymb; note the branched structures holding the fruits. ...


Species

  • Arrhenatherum album : Tall Oat-grass
  • Arrhenatherum elatius : False Oat-grass, Tall Oat-grass, Tall Meadow Oat
    • Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum : Onion Couch, Tuber Oat-grass
    • Arrhenatherum elatius var. elatius : False Oat-grass, French Rye, Meadow Oat-grass
  • Arrhenatherum kotschyii
  • Arrhenatherum longifolium
  • Arrhennatherum palaestinum

External link

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