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  • Many species are threatened or have restricted distribution on the island; there is only one known plant of non-endemic Pandanus pedunculatus, and Chionochloa conspicua ssp. nov.

    Lord Howe Island Group, Australia 2008

  • The long-living, slow-growing snow tussocks (Chionochloa spp.) dominate the herbfields above the treeline.

    Southland montane grasslands 2008

  • Dominant species include Chionochloa rubra, inaka Dracophyllum longifolium, D. recurvum, Empodisma minus, Schoenus pauciflorus, heather and the grasses Festuca novaezelandiae and Poa coloensoi.

    Tongariro National Park, New Zealand 2008

  • In the tussock herbfields above the bushline, snow tussock species like Chionochloa pallens form communities with a variety of herbs and alpine plants.

    Richmond temperate forests 2008

  • Chionochloa snow tussocks (up to 1 m tall) dominate the alpine grasslands and shelter mountain daisies Celmisia sp., buttercups Ranunculus sp., foxgloves Ourisia, lilies Astelia and many other alpine herbs.

    Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand 2008

  • Other vegetation types include scrub and shrublands, and snow grasses (Chionochloa spp.) above the timberline.

    Biological diversity in New Zealand 2008

  • At least 16 of the endemic plant species are considered rare, endangered or vulnerable, and many have extremely restricted ranges: the endemic Chionochloa conspicua is known from a single clump on Mount Lidgbird.

    Lord Howe Island subtropical forests 2007

  • Cushion plants such as Chionohebe myosotioide, tall tussocks (Chionochloa spp.), and large herbs like the speargrass (Aciphylla subflabellata) are found at high altitude above the natural treeline.

    Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands 2007

  • These fires led to the loss of large areas of forest and their replacement by tussock grasslands: snow tussocks (primarily Chionochloa spp.) above the treeline and red tussock (Chionochloa rubra) spread over an estimated 45 percent of the region.

    Southland temperate forests 2007

  • There are nine different species of Chionochloa snow tussocks and a wide variety of alpine herbs.

    Fiordland temperate forests 2007

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