Vanier Garden Plant Diversity

Oat (Avena sativa) is a member of the grass family Poaceae and the genus Avena, and both of which are commonly cultivated for their edible seeds which botanically speaking (is a kind of simple dry fruit known as a caryopsis). Their long leaves have rounded sheaths at the base and a thin appendage where the leaf meets the stem. Oats are perennial plants that can grow to be 5 feet tall and their flowering and fruiting structure, is composed of various branches that carry florets which contains one-seeded fruit. While oats are primarily used as livestock feed, some are processed for human…