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Snow tussock (Chionochloa conspicua) at Fiordland National Park.

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

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Rights: James Bailey, CC BY-NC 4.0
Published: 24 May 2019Size: 2.17 MB
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