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The Meadow Soft Grass (Holcus lanatus), also referred to as Velvet Grass, has its spikelets crowded in an open panicle, and an awn with the lower part perfectly smooth. It grows from one to two feet high with an erect smooth stem. The root is perennial and fibrous, with four to five leaves with soft, downy sheaths. The upper sheath much longer than its leaf with an inflated obtuse ligule. There are usually four joints with generally covered with soft downy hairs, the points of which are turned downwards. The leaves are pale-green, flat, broad, acute, soft on both sides, and covered with delicate slender hairs. It has hairy, oblate glumes tipped with a minute brislte. Inflorescence compound panicled of a greenish, reddish, or pinkish tinge. It flowers in June.

Meadow Soft Grass

The Meadow Soft Grass (Holcus lanatus), also referred to as Velvet Grass, has its spikelets crowded…

It is a common native grass species in parts of northern Europe and is a hardy pasture grass. It is native to Europe

Meadow Soft Grass

It is a common native grass species in parts of northern Europe and is a hardy pasture grass. It is…

Tufted or Meadow Soft grass are other oft used names and in North America it is known as Velvet Grass.

Meadow Soft Grass

Tufted or Meadow Soft grass are other oft used names and in North America it is known as Velvet Grass.