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NOTHOHOLCUS LANATUS [1 record]

Record 1 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Forage Crops
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A tall European grass, ... so called from its pubescent stems and leaves.

OBS

velvet grass: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

Key term(s)
  • velvet-grass
  • velvetgrass
  • meadow soft-grass
  • common velvet grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Le genre houlque (Holcus) renferme deux espèces françaises, poussant dans les prés, les bois et les sables : la houlque laineuse (Holcus lanatus), excellent fourrage, et la houlque molle (Holcus mollis), mauvaise herbe aussi tenace que le chiendent.

OBS

Graminée fourragère.

OBS

houlque laineuse : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de plantas forrajeras
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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