When briefly looking through the forum I see that the question has been asked (and answered) a lot of times… but (partly) since there are so many grey areas it is being raised again and again… But I think it is a good sign- seing that Inaturalist has a lot of active discussions going on- and people are curious how to do things best.
To highlight thta it can be difficult to answer it, here also something, that maybe could be discussed here:
to keep it a bit in order, they are all originally cultivated grasses, that might or might have escaped their cultivation:
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Maybe some of you have an idea, what this on is – cultivated or wild (I marked it in a conservative manner as cultivated, but I think it leave a bit of room for discussion) - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/188502231 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/188502292 Due to very wet weather conditions during harvesting season, the wheat started germinating on the field again last year in some regions – certainly not something that the farmer would want to, one could possibly say that these young plants do not grow in the “care” of someone - But the again would not last too long, if the field was not cultivated after (but that happens with all annual plants on a cultivated field, they disappear if there is no cultivation anymore).
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But then, if the wheat from the year before cultivated or wild - it is also not there intentionally! https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175944506
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And what about the wheat in a grassland, maybe because the tractor that was used to cut the grass rolled through a field before? https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175945162
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Or the wheat on the side of the road, maybe it fell down after harvesting- (in my opinion this is a bit more clearly wild, although it will certainly disappear there soon, but I guess that is also the case with many garden escapists, some last outside of gardens very well some until the next drought or next much colder winter) - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169036206
What do you think?