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Oreobolus pumilio, commonly known as alpine tuftrush or Ibrang`rank, is a small mat forming herb which is distributed throughout the Australasian region. It is a relative of the sedge. It is often found in cushion plant communities, in alpine environments, where it is a dominant species. As a cushion plant, it is an ecological engineer and enables other species to grow in the alpine herblands to which it is native to.
Oreobolus pumilio is native to New Guinea and the southeast of the Australian continent. In these regions it is distributed in alpine habitats which lie between 900–2400 metres in altitude. This species is characteristic of several alpine habitat types such as montane button grass and is an indicator species of alpine short herbfields.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oreobolus pumilio 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.
