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Holcus lanatus
Common name: Yorkshire Fog Grass, Velvet Grass
Yorkshire Fog is a soft perennial that grows in loose to compact tufts and is covered with soft hair. This plant is capable of growing in lots of different types of soil but particularly loves wet semi-swampy, poorly drained areas in temperate regions. The stems are mostly erect and can grow 20–80 (–120) cm tall. The leaf-blades are 4–20 cm long and 3–10 mm wide, narrowing gradually from base to tip and are flat with short hairs. They range from mid-green to grey-green and are silky soft. They flower from July through to May and range from white through pink/purple in colour and stand erect or nodding.
Distribution:
Widespread in the higher rainfall areas of New South Wales, particularly on the Tablelands and the Coast. On the Southern Tablelands it spread progressively after the drought broke in 1983. Since then it has invaded and dominated many areas, particularly the lower slopes and valley floors.
Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania.
Western Australia: Drummond, Dale, Menzies, and Warren.
South Australia: Gairdner-Torrens Basin, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, and Southeastern.
Queensland: Burnett, Darling Downs, Moreton, South Kennedy, Wide Bay.
New South Wales: North Coast, Central Coast, South Coast, Northern Tablelands, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, SouthWestern Slopes, and SouthWestern Plains.
Victoria: Lowan Mallee, Wannon, Grampians, Riverina, Midlands, Victorian Volcanic Plain, Otway Plain, Otway Range, Eastern Highlands, Gippsland Plains, Gippsland Highlands, Wilson's Promontory, Snowfields, East Gippsland.
Tasmania: Furneaux Group, North West, North East, West Coast
Bibliography:
Hacker, J.B. and Tothill, J.C. (1983) The Grasses of Southern Queensland, University of Queensland Press, Queensland.
