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Holcus
Also called Soft Grass, Soft Grasses
Holcus, or velvetgrass, is a genus of grasses from Africa and Eurasia, including Holcus lanatus, the common Yorkshire fog. It is a genus of wild and meadow grasses rather than a single garden plant, and its members are grown mainly in lawns, pastures and naturalistic plantings.
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.
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