Avena barbata - Slender oat

Slender oat (Avena barbata) is an annual wild oat grass of Europe and Asia. Its seed is used as a cereal or roasted as a coffee substitute, and its straw has fibre uses.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Fibre¹

Type

• Herb
• Annual

Footnotes

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