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ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS [1 record]

Record 1 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Forage Crops
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows.

OBS

tall oatgrass: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

Key term(s)
  • tall oat-grass
  • false oat-grass
  • false oat grass
  • common oat-grass
  • common oat grass
  • French rye-grass
  • French rye grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

fenasse : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

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