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Wild oats


Wild oats
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Copyright: Claus Holzapfel (holzapfe) Silver Note Writer [C: 6 W: 0 N: 11] (90)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2002-04-11
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Nikon coolpix 995
Exposure: f/4.4
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): My photos on TrekNature.com [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-07-06 6:37
Viewed: 395
Points: 0
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Avena sterilis - one of the wild oat species.
It goes also by another name: animated oat, this refers to the movement of the seed once exposed to water. The long awns are twisted and unfurl when wet, thereby moving the seed on the ground.


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