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  • Abundant here are Danthonia collina, Stipa laevissima and Piptochaetium bicolor.

    Juan Fernández Islands temperate forests 2007

  • The dominant vegetation in the Park is open woodland and spinifex (spiny hummockgrass) grassland, with many eucalypts, acacias and grevilleas; notably silverleaf bloodwood Eucalyptus collina and roughleaf range gum E. aspera, The regionally endemic sandstone grevillea Grevillea miniata, and rock grevillea G. psilantha, are found only in the Park.

    Purnululu National Park, Australia 2008

  • Scrub forests of Metrosideros collina are found on high crests and ridges with associated tree species and numerous epiphytic bryophytes and ferns.

    Tubuai tropical moist forests 2008

  • The dominant species on lowland flows are Fagraea berteroana, Glochidion ramiflorum, Arytera brackenridgei, and Morinda citrifolia with Metrosideros collina and Weinmannia samoensis becoming more dominant at higher elevations.

    Samoan tropical moist forests 2008

  • Other species include Nitraria vannoides, Salsola collina, and Tamarix spp.

    Qaidam Basin semi-desert 2008

  • Areas above 1,200 m are drier, and this windswept community supports a heathland less than 1 meter high dominated by M. collina, Vaccinium cereum, Styphelia tameiameiae, and Bidens spp. with grasses and ferns.

    Marquesas tropical moist forests 2007

  • At slightly higher elevations, forests are dominated by Hernandia nukuhivensis, Cyathea affinis and C. feanii in wet areas, and Metrosideros collina and W. parviflora on drier slopes.

    Marquesas tropical moist forests 2007

  • Above 1,000 m, cool and misty conditions surround stunted cloud forest dominated by Cheirodendron bastardianum, Ilex anomala, and M. collina, and Freycinetia spp. climbers.

    Marquesas tropical moist forests 2007

  • Endemic plants near Tocopilla are Malesherbia tocopillana, Mathewsia collina and Nolana tocopillensis.

    Atacama desert 2007

  • Metrosideros collina, Coprosma spp., and Psychotria spp. are also common.

    Society Islands tropical moist forests 2007

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