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Avena fatua
flaxgrass, oatgrass, wheat oats, wild oat, wild oats
Indiana Dunes National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Not In Park (Adjacent)
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:

Scientific Name with Authority:		Avena fatua L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Poales, Family Poaceae, Genus Avena, Species Avena fatua


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		GNR
NatureServe State Rank:		IN: SNA
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Channel Islands National Park	City Of Rocks National Reserve
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site	Fort Point National Historic Site
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Portage National Monument
Grand Teton National Park	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
John Muir National Historic Site	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Mesa Verde National Park
Mojave National Preserve	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Mount Rainier National Park	Nez Perce National Historical Park
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Padre Island National Seashore
Parashant National Monument	Pinnacles National Park
Piscataway Park	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Redwood National Park
Saguaro National Park	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Tonto National Monument	Tumacacori National Historical Park
Tuzigoot National Monument	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Yellowstone National Park	Yosemite National Park


Last Modified Date:	7/22/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/9/2025 12:46:06 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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