tussock-grass

The flax and the cabbage-tree and the tussock-grass are the great botanical features of the country.

A First Year in Canterbury Settlement 2004

He discovered when he turned out in the morning that the tussock-grass which we had laid on the floor of the cave had smouldered outwards from the fire and had actually burned a large hole in the bag beneath his feet.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

Each nest consisted of a mound over a foot high of tussock-grass, roots, and a little earth.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

We stood in towards the shore to look for a landing-place, and presently we could see the green tussock-grass on the ledges above the surf-beaten rocks.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

The rise of the tide was about five feet, and at spring tide the water must have reached almost to the edge of the tussock-grass.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

The slope, which carried tussock-grass, was not continuous.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

Later we strewed the rough floor with the dead, nearly dry underleaves of the tussock-grass, so as to form a slightly soft bed for our sleeping-bags.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

Inch by inch we dragged her up until we reached the fringe of the tussock-grass and knew that the boat was above high-water mark.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

It had forced up a ridge of stones close to where the James Caird lay at the edge of the tussock-grass.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

Here, the Tristaner had told them, they would be able to climb up by the aid of the tussock-grass should they wish to reach the summit of the cliff.

Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes