Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants

Holcus lanatus L.

Family: Poaceae

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Nothoholcus lanatus (L.) Nash

Common names:

Calf-kill [Calf kill] (1913) (5)

Common velvet grass [Common velvetgrass] (1942-Present) (50, 155)

Couch grass (1671, accidentally introduced by 1671 Josselyn) (46)

Dart grass (1913) (5)

Feather grass (1894-1913, WV) (5, 75)

Meadow soft grass (1884-1913) (5, 45, 66, 87, 90)

Old white top (1894-1913) (5, 75)

Rot grass (1913) (5)

Salem grass (1896-1913) (5, 45)

Soft grass (1840-1885) (19, 88)

Soft meadow grass (1876?) (92)

Soft woolly grass (1896) (45)

Velvet grass [Velvet-grass, Velvetgrass] (1852-1977) (3, 5, 45, 56, 66, 72, 75, 88, 90, 92, 94, 109, 111, 119, 122, 138, 163)

Velvet mesquite (1885-1913) (5, 88)

Velvet mesquite grass [Velvet mesquit grass] (1884-1896) (45, 87, 90)

White timothy (1896-1913) (5, 45)

Whites (1913) (5)

Wooly soft grass (1913) (5)

Yorkshire fog (1896-1913) (5, 45)