Downy oat-grass facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Downy oat-grass
Avenula pubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Clade:	BOP clade
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Tribe:	Poeae
Genus:	Avenula (Dumort.) Dumort.
Species:	A. pubescens
Binomial name
Avenula pubescens (Huds.)Dumort.
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Synonyms
Homalotrichon Banfi, Galasso & Bracchi Trisetum sect. Avenula Dumort. Helictotrichon sect. Avenula (Dumort.) Tzvelev Avena pubescens Huds. Trisetum pubescens (Huds.) Roem. & Schult. Avenastrum pubescens (Huds.) Opiz Heuffelia pubescens (Huds.) Schur Arrhenatherum pubescens (Huds.) Samp. Helictotrichon pubescens (Huds.) Pilg. Avenochloa pubescens (Huds.) Holub Homalotrichon pubescens (Huds.) Banfi Neoholubia pubescens (Huds.) Tzvelev Avena sesquitertia L. Avena amethystina DC. Avena alopecuros Roth Avena carpatica Host Trisetum sesquitertium (L.) P.Beauv. Trisetaria carpatica (Host) Baumg. Trisetaria sesquitertia (L.) Baumg. Trisetum alopecuros (Roth) Roem. & Schult. Trisetum carpaticum (Host) Roem. & Schult. Avena lucida Bertol. Avena glabra K.Koch Avena baumgartenii Steud. Avena hugeninii De Not. ex Steud. Avena versicolor Baumg. ex Steud. Avena hirtifolia Boiss. Avena laevigata Schur Avena pseudolucida Schur Heuffelia laevigata (Schur) Schur Heuffelia lucida (Bertol.) Schur Avena balloniana Kirschl. Avenastrum sesquitertium (L.) Fritsch Avena insubrica (Asch. & Graebn.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Trisetum bornmuelleri Domin Avenastrum insubricum (Asch. & Graebn.) Fritsch Avenastrum laevigatum (Schur) Domin Helictotrichon laevigatum (Schur) Potztal Trisetaria bornmuelleri (Domin) H.Scholz

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Avenula is a type of flowering plant that belongs to the grass family. You can find these plants mostly in Eurasia. Even though many names have been suggested for different kinds of Avenula, only one main species is officially recognized. This special species is called Avenula pubescens. People often know it as downy oat-grass or downy alpine oatgrass.

About Downy Oat-Grass

Avenula pubescens is the only species officially recognized in the Avenula group. It's a type of grass that grows in many places.

Where Does Downy Oat-Grass Live?

Downy oat-grass is naturally found across a huge area. It grows in Europe and Asia. You can find it all the way from Iceland and Portugal in the west. It stretches east to places like Xinjiang, Mongolia, and Siberia.

It has also spread to other parts of the world. In North America, you can find it in some places. These include states like Connecticut, Delaware, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Vermont. It also grows in Canadian provinces such as Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. When a plant grows somewhere it wasn't originally from, we say it is "naturalized."

Avenula pubescens