Holcus

Holcus (soft-grass or velvetgrass) is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the oat tribe within the grass family.

Contents

• Holcus leaf spot
• Using holcus mollis as ground cover
• References

Holcus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora lixella.

1. Holcus annuus - Mediterranean and nearby areas from Portugal + Morocco to Caucasus
2. Holcus azoricus - Azores - possibly a hybrid of H. lanatus and H. rigidus
3. Holcus caespitosus - Sierra Nevada in southern Spain
4. Holcus gayanus - Spain, Portugal
5. Holcus grandiflorus - Spain
6. Holcus × hybridus - France, Germany, British Isles -- H. lanatus × H. mollis
7. Holcus lanatus - Europe, Mediterranean + nearby areas from Iceland to Canary Is to Caucasus; naturalized in North + South America, Australia, New Zealand, East Asia, various islands
8. Holcus mollis - Algeria, Tunisia, most of Europe; naturalized in Australia, new Zealand, scattered locales in North America
9. Holcus notarisii - Macedonia, Italy
10. Holcus rigidus - Azores
11. Holcus setiger - Cape Prov of South Africa

several species now regarded as better suited to other genera; Andropogon Arrhenatherum Arundinella Bothriochloa Capillipedium Centotheca Chasmanthium Chrysopogon Deschampsia Heteropogon Hierochloe Pennisetum Pentameris Pseudoraphis Rostraria Sorghum Sporobolus Ventenata