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Holcus
Holcus (soft-grass or velvetgrass) is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the oat tribe within the grass family.
Holcus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora lixella.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Yorkshire fog
speciesHolcus lanatus
creeping velvet grass
speciesHolcus mollis
rigid velvet grass
speciesHolcus rigidus
Holcus annuus
speciesHolcus annuus
Holcus gayanus
speciesHolcus gayanus
Holcus × hybridus
hybridHolcus × hybridus
Holcus caespitosus
speciesHolcus caespitosus
Holcus × azoricus
hybridHolcus × azoricus
Holcus setiger
speciesHolcus setiger
Holcus pintodasilvae
speciesHolcus pintodasilvae
Holcus grandiflorus
speciesHolcus grandiflorus
Holcus notarisii
speciesHolcus notarisii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Holcus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52794.