tussock

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It revealed that prime night parrot habitat in Queensland consisted of areas of tussock grass called triodia that had been long untouched by fire, and close to water sources and seed-rich floodplains.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2022

The tahr’s significant weight and solid hooves are destroying precious snow tussock in sub-alpine regions.

From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2020

These critters will disappear as the weather gets colder, as white hickory tussock moth caterpillars spend the winter in cocoons, according to the University of Wisconsin.

From Fox News • Nov. 1, 2018

The endemic Cobb’s wren hides in the towering tussock grass.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2016

At last they came to the end of the black mere, and they crossed it, perilously, crawling or hopping from one treacherous island tussock to another.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien