Native to the Euromediterranean region, Macaronesia, Central Asia, Western Asia. Cultivated as a forage grass, but also a weed. Introduced inRussian Far East, Himalayas,Japan, North America, South America (Northwest, Southern cone), Australia, New Zealand. Potentially invasive.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Arrhenatherum avenaceum | Palisot de Beauvois |
| Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. baeticum | Romero Zarco |
| Avena elatior | Linnaeus |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| false oat | English |
| false oatgrass | English |
| ribbon grass | English |
| tall oatgrass | English |
| Franzosengras | German |
| Französisches Raygras | German |
| Französisches Weidelgras | German |
| Fromental | German |
| Glatthafer | German |
| hoher Glatthafer | German |
| Wiesenhafer | German |
| avoine des prés | French |
| avoine élevée | French |
| fenasse | French |
| fromental | French |
| fromental élevé | French |
| ray-grass français | French |
| avena alta | Spanish (CO) |
| avena descollada | Spanish |
| avena elevada | Spanish |
| avena mayor | Spanish |
| fromental | Spanish |
| tortero | Spanish |
| avena altissima | Italian |
| avena maggiore | Italian |
| erba altissima | Italian |
| perlaria | Italian |
| Frans raaigras | Dutch |
| glanshaver | Dutch |
| aveia-do-rosário | Portuguese |
| aveia-grande | Portuguese |
| balanquinho | Portuguese |
| erva-de-conta | Portuguese |
| erva-nozelha | Portuguese |
| noselha | Portuguese |
| nozelha | Portuguese |
| knylhavre | Swedish |
| ôkanitsuri | Japanese |
| ribongurasu | Japanese |
| オオカニツリ | Japanese |
| リボングラス | Japanese |
| райграс высокий | Russian |
| райграс французский | Russian |
| draphavre | Danish |
| hestehavre | Norwegian |
| heinäkaura | Finnish |
| çayır yulafı | Turkish |
| owsik wyniosły | Polish |
| rajgras francuski | Polish |
| rajgras wyniosły | Polish |
| franciaperje | Hungarian |
| arenatera e lartë | Albanian |
| arrenatere | Albanian |
| tërshëra e egër | Albanian |
| mugita | Basque |
| висок райграс | Bulgarian |
| французки райграс | Bulgarian |
| fromental | Catalan |
| yàn mài cǎo | Chinese |
| 燕麦草 | Chinese |
| visoka ovsenica | Croatian |
| ovsík vyvýšený | Czech |
| kõrge raikaerik | Estonian |
| 개나래새 | Korean |
| 쇠비기풀 | Korean |
| gae na rae sae | Korean |
| soe bi gi pul | Korean |
| augstā dižauza | Latvian |
| aukštoji avižuolė | Lithuanian |
| estamine | Occitan |
| ovăscior | Romanian |
| рајграс | Serbian |
| ovsík obyčajný | Slovak |
| ovsík vyvýšený | Slovak |
| visoka pahovka | Slovene |
| райграс високий | Ukrainian |
| ceirchwellt tal | Welsh |
