Species Cards

Yorkshire Fog

Holcus lanatus

Group:

Plant, Herb

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Food chain :

Producer

What it eats :

Makes its own food from carbon dioxide and water, using sunlight energy.

Eaten by:

Geese, rabbits, caterpillars, including those of meadow brown butterflies and blue butterflies.

Habitat:

Wildflower grasslandWildflower grassland

Description:

A grass with grey-green soft hairy leaves. The flower spikes are loose and often have a purplish tinge. When a mass of this grass is flowering, it can make the field look as if there is a layer of fog over it.

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