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Wild Oat

Avena fatua

1,113Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
51Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr3
May29
Jun172
Jul292
Aug202
Sep91
Oct25
Nov6
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England229
2Essex England56
3Oxfordshire England49
4Suffolk England48
5Norfolk England44
6Herefordshire, County of England38
7Telford and Wrekin England26
8Cornwall England25
9Cambridgeshire England24
10Sefton England21
11Halton England17
12Liverpool England15
13North Yorkshire England12
14West Berkshire England12
15Kent England11
1,070 England10 Scotland9 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 51 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,113
Peak month
July
Counties with records
51
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Avena fatua
Also known as
Wild-oat
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
15,446
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Essex
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Avena
Name with authority
Avena fatua L.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158634 · GBIF 2705297