Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P.Beauv. ex J.Presl & C.Presl, 1819

🇬🇧 False Oat-grass

🇫🇷 Avoine élevée, Fénasse, Fromental, Fromental élevé, Ray-grass français

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Aveninae
Genus: Arrhenatherum
Species: Arrhenatherum elatius

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

A. elatius subsp. baeticum Romero Zarco, 1985;
A. elatius subsp. bulbosum (Willd.) Schübl. & G.Martens, 1834, C;
A. elatius subsp. cypricola (H.Scholz) Romero Zarco, 2019;
A. elatius subsp. elatius (L.) P.Beauv. ex J.Presl & C.Presl, 1819, P;
A. elatius subsp. nebrodense (Brullo, Miniss. & Spamp.) Giardina & Raimondo, 2007;
A. elatius subsp. sardoum (Em.Schmid) Gamisans, 1974, P.

Photographs

img/arrhenatherum-elatius.webp — Arrhenatherum elatius

img/arrhenatherum-elatius-2.webp — Arrhenatherum elatius

Sources

Duarte, M.C., Holubec, V., Uzundzhalieva, K., Kell, S.P., Vögel, R., Economou, G., Vörösváry, G., Santos Guerra, A., Maslovky, O., & Carvalho, M. (2011). Arrhenatherum elatius (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176434/7240670
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 209). Biotope.