Sentences with phrase «of tussock»

And there's a vocal group of those who are concerned about introducing a wide swath of tussock moths into the environment.

After lunch sweeping vistas of tussock lands and mountains open up ahead.

The coastal area offers the natural history visitors interested either mangroves or a handsome stock of maple trees and cypresses, surrounded by areas of tussock.

Barren, brown and billowing aptly describe the impressive sight of tussocks as this route heads towards Te Anau — choose between the sealed road on SH94 and SH6 or the gravel track to the Mavora Lakes and connecting road to Kinloch (permission and 4WD required).

Not exact matches

The tussock tundra covers a large part of northern Alaska and is currently composed of sedges, herbaceous ground cover, and woody shrubs (about a third coverage for each).

The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that plants in northern Alaska's tussock tundra took up nitrate at comparable rates to vegetation in nitrate - rich ecosystems.

I'm a writer who loves the sea, and wide horizons, the greenness of coastal plains and the openness of moors, and high country tussock land, all the skin and bones of our lovely planet.

The bronzed grasslands were a stark contrast to the green jungle all around, and among the tussocks grew groves of tree ferns, whose lacy fronds waved above my head.

I think of another boy I knew up north, far above the Arctic Circle, where mountains meet the tundra like the ocean at home, with tussocks like waves breaking on our feet.

I loved the views when we were walking over the boardwalk between the tussock, with Mount Cook in front of us.

Travel back down the valley along the shores of Lake Pukaki, through Twizel (the town of trees) before arriving at your destination, Omarama, nestled in the velvet type tussock covered hills of the Lindis range.

Truly one of the world's great scenic train trips through the dramatic contrast of dry beech forests and tussock land on one side of the Alps and lush green landscapes on the other.

Travel back down the valley along the shores of Lake Pukaki, through Twizel, the town of trees, before arriving at your destination, Omarama, nestled in the velvety tussock covered hills of the Lindis Range.

The track has been carefully crafted to show walkers all the very best features of Fiordland, from the prolific bird life and tussock high country, to the huge mountain ranges and vast glacier - carved valleys.

Blanc - Betes E, Welker JM, Sturchio NC, Chanton JP, Gonzalez - Meler MA (2016) Winter precipitation and snow accumulation drive the methane sink or source strength of Arctic tussock tundra.

Then there's a run of - ocks, the result of human work: tussock, hillock, hummock and the like.

Eighteen per cent of this area consists of chenopod shrublands, native tussock grasslands, and woodlands and shrublands that are dominated by mulga (Acacia aneura) in eastern Australia, within the 200 to 500 mm annual rainfall zone.