10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUSSOCK GRASS»
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1
The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
The West Falkland. with its islands. is still covered with large patches of tussock
grass. so valuable for winter feed. which has almost disappeared from the east
island. having been destroyed by the cattle from want of due protection, 1896 ...
2
Grasses of South Australia: An Illustrated Guide to the ...
279 tropical reed 311 Tucker's spear-grass 68 tufted hair-grass 211 tufted
hedgehog-grass 219 tussock poa 158 tussock, serrated 108 tussock, Yass 108
tussock-grass 152, 154 tussock-grass, blue 154 tussock-grass, coast 154 tussock
-grass, ...
3
New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
An important and potentially concerning outcome of this interplay was that there
was considerably less inter-tussock grass cover, cocksfoot, and ryegrass
included at the medium stocking rate. As with the tussock grasses, factors other
than ...
4
Biological Control of Weeds in Australia
(serrated tussock, Poaceae) is a perennial, drought-resistant tussock grass
species that is native to the pampas grasslands of Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and
Peru (Parodi 1930; Rosengurtt et al. 1970) and has also been reported from
Bolivia ...
Jim Cullen, Mic Julien, Rachel McFadyen, 2012
5
The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica
of the southern Indian Ocean, while Ross put the expedition's flock of sheep
ashore to graze on the abundant tussock grass (beginning a slow defoliation of
the island that continues today). Hooker was at liberty to roam the treeless island.
6
Population Biology of Grasses
Calculations comparing widely spaced tussock grasses with a rhizomatous grass
suggested that to intercept the same amount of light as the tussock grass, the
rhizomatous grass would have to occupy an area six times greater than that ...
7
Native Grasses: Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia
Tussock grass generally occurs in areas of medium-to-high fertility.
Distinguishing features • channelled leaf blade • grows on lower slopes and
valley floors Management Response to fertility: increased growth Response to
grazing: unknown ...
8
The Falklands & South Georgia Island
At one time tussock grass (Parodiochloa flabellata), also known as tussac, would
have fringed almost every coastal area. Grazing activities quickly wiped it out in
many areas, although it is making a recovery as farmers fence off coastal areas ...
9
Noxious Weeds of Australia
... Spombolus capensis Kunth, S. indicus R.Br., Vilfa capensis Beauv. Alternative
names: African dropseed grass (USA), rat's tail grass, saadgras (S. Africa),
tussock grass Noxious: NSW - declared in 40 Council areas (as S. indicus var.
major) ...
William Thomas Parsons, Eric George Cuthbertson, 2001
10
Grasses: Systematics and Evolution
This species of tussock grass also occurs naturally in Peru, Chile and Uruguay (
Parodi 1930, as quoted by Campbell and Vere 1995). In this region, it occurs on
both plains and mountainous areas, often on locally dry sites, at which it may be ...
Surrey W. L. Jacobs, 2000
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUSSOCK GRASS»
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An oasis of greenery in the rolling uplands
Perspective is everything. The hillside, smooth as a billiard table when seen from a distance, is ankle-turning with tussock grass when crossed. The rolling ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
The penguins of South Georgia - with Mark Carwardine
Best of all, far from bolting in the opposite direction every time a person steps on to a beach or wrestles their way through the tussock grass, most of the local ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
Mission Accomplished
And I would expect in the future those mega herbs and the big tussock grasses will probably become the dominant vegetation on a lot of the lower slopes. «ABC Online, May 15»
Diary of a road death
Tussock grass, rolling foothills and craggy ranges beg to be explored. From Ashburton, Porters Pass is less than two hours away and, unlike the corkscrew- like ... «Stuff.co.nz, Mar 15»
Kenya: 'The Last Place on Earth; The Great Migration'
We have marvelled at the sight of tens of thousands of king penguins pressed shoulder to shoulder among the guano spattered tussock grass at St Andrew's Bay ... «The London Economic, Jan 15»
Curbed Features
Thus, a green roof of native plants—mostly silvery tussock grass—allows it to vanish into the landscape. "The landscape was so beautiful we really didn't want it ... «Curbed National, Sep 14»
The sexiest way to travel
Newborn lambs scatter in the paddocks around us, and the brown tussock grass they feed on here at high-country station Mount Nicholas strains at its roots ... «Stuff.co.nz, Aug 14»
A win on Kilimanjaro: How Africa's highest peak conquered tourism
Further up the weather changes -- low clouds envelop the slopes, which become covered with tussock grass and sporadic giant lobelias. Here the greens are ... «CNN, Jun 14»
Spring Beauty Blossoms in The Birches' New Environmentally …
For The Birches, Ekblad selected native grasses like switch grass, palm sedge, tussock grass, and moor grass, and native perennials like beard tongue, blazing ... «Chicago Tribune, May 14»
Productivity: it's only natural
Counting the tussock grasses, Mr Marsh tells me, some of these paddocks host up to 59 species of plants in their pastures, including 15 natives. Fifteen years ... «The Land Newspaper, Aug 13»
