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Snow Tussock

Chionochloa antarctica

Snow Tussock
Photo: Biodiversity Heritage Library, CC BY 2.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
Antipodean Is. (Auckland, Campbell)
Climate
temperate

About

Chionochloa antarctica (common name - snow tussock) is a species of grass, endemic to the Auckland and Campbell Islands.

Other Chionochloa plants

Carpet Grass · Broad Leaved Snow Tussock · Broad Leaved Snow Tussock · Chionochloa howensis · Mid Ribbed Snow Tussock · Narrow Leaved Snow Tussock · Red tussock grass · Snow Grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chionochloa antarctica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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