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Taxon:
Holcus lanatus
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Holcus
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Holcinae
Nomen number:
19209
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1048. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/08/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Notholcus lanatus
(L.) Nash ex Hitchc.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Holcus argenteus
C. Agardh ex Roem. & Schult.
No images
Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
URL:
http://botany.si.edu/Antilles/WestIndies/results.cfm
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Allan, H. H. B. et al.
1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
URL:
http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson.
1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 33.
Davis, P. H., ed.
1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Holcus+lanatus&quantity=1
Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh.
1993-. Flora of Victoria.
George, A. S., ed.
1980-. Flora of Australia.
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Hansen, A. & P. Sunding.
1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
Hnatiuk, R. J.
1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion.
2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
URL:
http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds.
2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
URL:
http://www.gobcan.es/cmayot/interreg/atlantico/documentos/LESDCanarias.pdf
Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire.
1931-1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
Koyama, T.
1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
Lee, Y. N.
1997. Flora of Korea.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Mouterde, P.
1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Radford, A. E. et al.
1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
Randall, R. P.
2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
URL:
http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/intro_flora_australia.pdf
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A.
State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
URL:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5090172
Silva, L. et al.
2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
URL:
http://www.azores.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/3E255F0D-6AFD-4EF8-974D-CF920B5F933E/126780/42_Pteridophyta_Spermatophyta1.pdf
Skvortsov, A. K., ed.
2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:170-171.
Soreng, R. J. et al.
2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:387-388.
Tovar, Ó.
1993. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) del Perú. Ruizia 13:163-164.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Tzvelev, N. N.
1976. Zlaki SSSR
Ugarte, E. et al.
2011. Vascular alien flora, Chile. Check List 7:365-380.
URL:
http://www.checklist.org.br/
Veldkamp, J. F.
1997. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia.
2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico. Diversity & Distrib. 10:113-123.
Wagner, W. L. et al.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource).
URL:
http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/query2.cfm
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist.
URL:
http://posa.sanbi.org/searchspp.php
Common names
English
fog grass –
Reference(s)
soft-meadow grass –
Reference(s)
velvet grass –
Reference(s)
woolly soft grass –
Reference(s)
Yorkshire-fog –
Reference(s)
English (Canada)
velvet grass –
Reference(s)
French
holoque laineuse –
Reference(s)
houlque velue –
Reference(s)
French (Canada)
houlque laineuse –
Reference(s)
German
wolliges Honiggras –
Reference(s)
Italian
erba bambagiona –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
shiragegaya –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
erva-lanar –
Reference(s)
Spanish
heno blanco –
Reference(s)
Swedish
luddtåtel –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
rong mao cao –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Korean
udanpul –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Macaronesia
Portugal
Madeira Islands
1
Native
Africa
Macaronesia
Spain
Canary Islands
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Morocco
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Tunisia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Azerbaijan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Georgia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia
Ciscaucasia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Lebanon
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Turkey
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Belarus
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Estonia
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Latvia
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Lithuania
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Russian Federation
Saratov
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Ukraine
incl. Krym
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Austria
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Belgium
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Czech Republic
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Germany
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Hungary
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Netherlands
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Poland
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Slovakia
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Switzerland
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Denmark
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Ireland
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Norway
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Sweden
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
United Kingdom
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Albania
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Bulgaria
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Croatia
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Greece
incl. Crete
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Italy
incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Romania
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Serbia
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Slovenia
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
France
incl. Corsica
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Portugal
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Spain
incl. Baleares
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
2
Cultivated
Australasia
Australia
Australia
2
Cultivated
Europe
Middle Europe
Austria
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
s.
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Southern South America
Chile
4
Naturalized
Africa
Macaronesia
Portugal
Azores
4
Naturalized
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
4
Naturalized
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Reunion
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Jiangxi Sheng
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
4
Naturalized
Australasia
New Zealand
New Zealand
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Canada
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Mexico
4
Naturalized
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Illinois
4
Naturalized
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Iowa
4
Naturalized
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Missouri
4
Naturalized
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Oklahoma
s.
4
Naturalized
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Wisconsin
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Connecticut
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Indiana
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Maine
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Massachusetts
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Michigan
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
New Hampshire
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
New Jersey
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
New York
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Ohio
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Pennsylvania
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Rhode Island
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Vermont
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
West Virginia
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Colorado
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Idaho
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Montana
w.
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Oregon
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Washington
4
Naturalized
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A.
United States
New Mexico
4
Naturalized
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A.
United States
Texas
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Alabama
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Arkansas
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Delaware
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Georgia
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Kentucky
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Louisiana
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Maryland
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Mississippi
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
North Carolina
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
South Carolina
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Tennessee
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Virginia
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
Arizona
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
California
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
Nevada
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
Utah
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Chile
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Uruguay
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Native
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Spain
[Canary Islands],
Portugal
[Madeira Islands]
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
,
Morocco
,
Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Lebanon
,
Turkey
CAUCASUS:
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia
[Ciscaucasia],
Azerbaijan
,
Georgia
Europe
NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark
,
United Kingdom
,
Ireland
,
Norway
,
Sweden
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria
,
Belgium
,
Switzerland
,
Czech Republic
,
Germany
,
Hungary
,
Netherlands
,
Poland
,
Slovakia
EASTERN EUROPE:
Belarus
,
Estonia
,
Lithuania
,
Latvia
,
Russian Federation
[Saratov],
Ukraine
(incl. Krym)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania
,
Bulgaria
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
,
Greece
(incl. Crete),
Croatia
,
Italy
(incl. Sardinia, Sicily),
Romania
,
Serbia
,
Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
(incl. Baleares),
France
(incl. Corsica),
Portugal
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
Europe
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
(s.)
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Chile
Naturalized
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Portugal
[Azores]
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Reunion
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Jiangxi Sheng, Yunnan Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
,
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Northern America
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma (s.), Wisconsin]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Colorado, Idaho, Montana (w.), Oregon, Washington]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
REGION:
Canada
,
Mexico
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
Southern America
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
,
Chile
,
Uruguay
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
erosion control
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson.
1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning
Weed
potential seed contaminant
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Weed
potential seed contaminant
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Name
References