Holcus

Holcus
Holcus mollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Tribe:	Aveneae
Genus:	Holcus L.
Species
See text.

Holcus (or Soft-grass) is a genus of eight species of grasses, native to Europe, Atlantic Ocean islands, Africa and western Asia.

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

Species

• Holcus annuus (syn. H. setiglumis; southern Europe, northern Africa)
• Holcus azoricus (Azores - probably a hybrid of H. lanatus and H. rigidus)
• Holcus gayanus (southwest Europe)
• Holcus grandiflorus (southwest Europe)
• Holcus lanatus (Yorkshire Fog; Europe and western Asia; also widely naturalised elsewhere)
• Holcus mollis (Creeping Soft Grass; Europe and western Asia; also widely naturalised elsewhere)
• Holcus notarisii (southeastern Europe)
• Holcus rigidus (Macaronesia)
• Holcus setiger (southern Africa, southern Atlantic Islands)