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Black Oats
Grass
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Estimated Cost
$0.30
($/lb)
Planting Window
Fall seeded
Best for
, and undefined
Alternate Species
Oats, Winter Oat, Cereal Rye, Barley
1. Steve Hurst, ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory,hosted by the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database
2. © Sarah Seehaver Eagen 2020, CC BY-ND 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/> via https://covercrop.tools/images/Cover%20Crop%20Photos/Oats,%20Black/Oats_black_mature_Eagen_2020.jpg
Seeding Detail
Black Oats
55.0
83.0
66.0
Additional Information
Why We Recommend This
Black oats have large, wide leaves that provide a nutritious, easily digestible forage. Black oats are drought tolerant and can be planted in low-nutrient or heavy clay soils. It grows faster than other grasses, has an allelopathic effect on small seeded weeds, and is resistant to some nematodes.
Things to Watch Out For
Black oats are not frost tolerant and can become weedy or invasive without proper management.
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