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Snow tussock

Snow tussock (Chionochloa conspicua ) at Fiordland National Park. Snow tussock is one New Zealand species that masts.

Sourced from iNaturalist NZ.

Rights: James Bailey, CC BY-NC 4.0

Published: 24 May 2019,Updated: 24 May 2019Size: 2.17 MB

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