YORKSHIRE FOG (HOLCUS LANATUS). ITS POTENTIAL AS A PASTURE SPECIES

Abstract

YORKSHIRE FOG probably has its origin in the Iberian Peninsula (Vinal and Hein, 1937) but, as a result of continued colonization since the end of the ice age, is now found throughout Europe from the limiits of northern Scandinavia and Iceland to the Caucasus Mountains and North West Africa (Beddows, 1961; Hulten, 1950; Bother and Larsen, 1958). Under the influence of human pastoral activities, the species has spread to all of the more recently developed farming areas in the temperate regions of the Americas, South Africa and Australasia.