Triticum aestivum L.

vernacular common wheat — species · Poaceae

USDA: TRAE
GBIF: 7795888
Rank: species

common wheat (Triticum aestivum) — Platephotograph · Cole ShoemakerCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae Barnhart
Genus: Triticum

§2a

Native status, by region

AK Alaska Introduced
CAN Canada Introduced
GL Greenland Introduced
HI Hawaii Introduced
L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
PR Puerto Rico Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 13 counties across 2 states/territories

Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 13 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: Medium
Shade: Low
Moisture use: Low
Fire: None
Salinity: Medium
Anaerobic: None
CaCO₃: Medium
Hedging: None

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: -28 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 100 min.
Precipitation: 10–100 in/yr
pH range: 5.5–8
Root depth: 18 in min.
Fertility need: Medium
Soil texture: coarse, medium, fine

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Bunch
Growth rate: Rapid
Mature height: 3.3 ft
Foliage texture: Medium
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Dense
Porosity (winter): Porous
Flower colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Brown
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Early Spring
Seed abundance: High
Seed begins: Spring
Seed ends: Summer
Spread rate: Slow
Stratify: No
Seeds / lb: 11,360
Propagation: seed

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: Routinely Available
Nursery stock: No
Browse palatability: Medium
Graze palatability: High
Palatable, human: Yes
Protein potential: High
Lumber: No
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 13 counties across 2 states/territories.

Montana view state ↗ 12 I ▾

Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾

Providence 44007

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/TRAE ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/7795888 ↗

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