Snow tussock (Chionochloa conspicua) at Fiordland National Park.
Rights: James Bailey, CC BY-NC 4.0 Published 24 May 2019 Size: 2.2 MB Referencing Hub media

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

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