Tussock
- Tussock (谷地坊主) called in plant ecology
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A clump or tuft, as of growing grass or sedge
- Tussocks seen in the world
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New Zealand
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[1] Close-up showing a single tussock in decayed stage. [2] A conony of tussocks. You may be able to see 'facititative effects' of tussocks on cohabitants'. [1/2] On the mountainside of Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand, on December 17, 1996. In Tongariro National Park, a few types of tussocks were classified: Chionochloa rubra Zotov [Poaceae] = red tussock, Festuca novae-zelandiae [Syn. Festuca ovina var. novae-zelandiae] (and Festuca matthewsii) = hard tussock (and silver tussock), and Rytidosperma setifolium = bristle tussock.Japan
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[3] Carex oxyandra on Mount Usu. [4] Carex middendorffii on a post-mined Sarobtetsu mire.Alaska
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[5] Eriophorum vaginatum on Poker Flat after the 2004 wildfire. - References
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- Koyama, A. & Tsuyuzaki, S. 2010. Effects of sedge and cottongrass tussocks on plant establishment patterns in a post-mined peatland, northern Japan. Wetlands Ecology and Management 18: 135-148
- Tsuyuzaki, S. & Tsujii, T. 1992. Size and shape of Carex meyeriana tussocks in an alpine wetland, northern part of Sichuan Province, China. Canadian Journal of Botany 70: 2310-2312
