Holcus lanatus

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Status

Native

Nomenclature

Holcus lanatus L. Euro+Med Plantbase

Species data in Europe

See the complete information sheet in FloraVeg.EU

Habitats

This species has been recorded in the following habitats (only habitats with species frequency > 5% are shown).:
Atlantic hay meadows 84%, Juncus acutiflorus meadows 55%, Subnitrophilous disturbed sites with annual pioneer vegetation 50%, Dry disturbed sites with biennal pioneer vegetation 47%, Atlantic and sub-Atlantic humid pastures 41%, Tall-herb communities of humid meadows 32%, Fringes of nutrient-rich ditches and riverbanks, with tall-herb perennial vegetation 24%, Mesic to moist disturbed sites, with tall-herb perennial vegetation 23%, Unbroken pastures 18%, Shady and nutrient-rich forest fringes with perennial vegetation 16%, Sub-Atlantic semi-dry calcareous grassland 15%, Mesic disturbed sites of the Cantabrian Mountains, with perennial vegetation 13%, Disturbed sites with summer annuals 13%, Carex rostrata quaking mires 12%, Alnus swamp forests not on acid peat 11%, Cytisus striatus and C. commutatus fields 11%, Shady and nutrient-rich forest fringes with winter annuals 11%, Cereal crops with winter-spring weeds 11%, Mediterranean thistle fields 11%, Forest fringes and clearings on acid soils, with fire-loving tall-herb vegetation 8%, Iberoatlantic annual river mud communities 8%, Atlantic sea-cliff communities 8%, Beds of large Carex species 8%, Medio-European rich-soil thickets 8%, Shady and nutrient-rich forest fringes with geophytes 7%, Temperate and boreal riverine Salix forest 7%, Southern wet heaths 7%, Disturbed sites with winter annuals 7%, Iberoatlantic amphibious swards on peaty soils, dominated by Juncus bulbosus 6%, Iberoatlantic spring communities 6%, Maritime Pinus pinaster subsp. atlantica forests 6%, Atlantic poor soil thickets 5%, Trichophorum cespitosum and Narthecium ossifragum acidic fens 5%, Southwestern sub-mediterranean deciduous thickets 5%, Cantabrian Nardus stricta swards 5%, Riverine Fraxinus-Alnus forest, wet at high but not at low water 5%
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