Species

Holcus mollis

Etymology

Holcus: From the Greek holkus, an old Greek name for grass.
mollis: Soft

Common Name(s)

creeping fog

Authority

Holcus mollis L.

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

HOLMOL

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Year Naturalised

1864

Origin

Europe

Reason for Introduction

Unknown



References and further reading

Johnson, A. T. and Smith, H. A (1986). Plant Names Simplified: Their pronunciation, derivation and meaning. Landsman Bookshop Ltd: Buckenhill, UK.

This page last updated on 8 Aug 2013