Data sheet

Avena sterilis

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology
Habit	erect	Category	cereals & pseudocereals, forage/pasture, weed
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	12	32	2	36	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	500	800	290	1200	Soil fertility	high	low
Latitude	-	-	34	55	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	6.5	7.5	4.5	8	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-10	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed