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PLANTS

Bread wheat

Triticum aestivum

Plants
IntroducedHerbAnnualYellow flowers
Bread wheat, photo 1 of 5
Bread wheat, In flower
Bread wheat, In fruit
1.0 mHeight

Annual herbaceous plant reaching 1.0 m. Introduced to Québec. Grows in fields.

There are 70 observations of Bread wheat in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Capitale-Nationale and Estrie, and it has been reported in 13 of the 17 regions. They peak from June to August and become rare from November to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie16
  2. Capitale-Nationale14
  3. Estrie10
  4. Laurentides6
  5. Chaudière-Appalaches4
  6. Lanaudière4
  7. Bas-Saint-Laurent4
  8. Montréal4
  9. Côte-Nord3
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  11. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine1
  12. Centre-du-Québec1
  13. Outaouais1

Habitat

FieldsFélix Mathieu-Bégin

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