Pentapogon avenoides, or mountain oat grass, is a species of grass, endemic to New Zealand. It is found on the main islands, as well as the Chatham Islands. The specific epithet, like the English name, refers to the oat-like structure of the inflorescence. The seeds are wind-dispersed. The habitat ranges from forest areas to scrub and tussock-land, from lowlands to uplands.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mountain Oat Grass being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Rytidosperma penicillatum
- Rytidosperma buchananii
- Koeleria lepida
- Deschampsia elongata
- Festuca saximontana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Pentapogon
- Species
- Pentapogon avenoides
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