• Thumbnail for Chionochloa
    Chionochloa is a genus of tussock grass in the family Poaceae, found primarily in New Zealand with one known species in New Guinea and another on Lord...
    5 KB (376 words) - 07:05, 1 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chionochloa rubra
    Chionochloa rubra, known commonly as red tussock grass, is a species of tussock grass in the grass family, endemic to New Zealand. New Zealand has 22...
    10 KB (1,201 words) - 07:12, 26 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tussock grass
    Zygochloa paradoxa Chionochloa australis – carpet grass Chionochloa flavescens – snow tussock Chionochloa oreophila – snow-patch grass Chionochloa rubra – red...
    20 KB (1,552 words) - 06:44, 16 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chionochloa flavescens
    Chionochloa flavescens, known as broad-leaved snow tussock or haumata in Māori. Endemic to New Zealand, there are several different sub species that look...
    2 KB (114 words) - 07:12, 26 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chionochloa rigida
    Chionochloa rigida, known commonly as narrow-leaved snow tussock and by its Māori name wī kura, is a species of tussock grass endemic to New Zealand....
    3 KB (257 words) - 19:18, 9 November 2023
  • Chionochloa howensis is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. The specific epithet derives from the name of the island to which it is endemic. The...
    2 KB (157 words) - 07:05, 1 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chionochloa flavicans
    Chionochloa flavicans is a species of plant in the grass family, endemic to New Zealand. The leaves, which are up to 12 mm wide, are larger than most...
    2 KB (212 words) - 07:12, 26 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tussock grasslands of New Zealand
    Zealand. Most of the plants referred to as tussocks are in the genera Chionochloa, Festuca, and Poa, also Carex. What would be termed "herbfields" for...
    3 KB (228 words) - 20:15, 12 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chionochloa antarctica
    Chionochloa antarctica (common name - snow tussock) is a species of grass, endemic to the Auckland and Campbell Islands. It flowers from October to December...
    3 KB (200 words) - 23:29, 26 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Southland montane grasslands
    genus Chionochloa, are characteristic. These grasses are mostly long-lived slow-growing perennials. The broadleaved snow tussock (Chionochloa flavescens)...
    6 KB (529 words) - 05:54, 13 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arundo
    Austroderia, Austrofestuca, Bambusa, Calamagrostis, Calammophila, Calamovilfa, Chionochloa, Chusquea, Cinna, Cortaderia, Dendrocalamus, Deschampsia, Dupontia, Gastridium...
    5 KB (402 words) - 19:43, 14 October 2023
  • predominantly populated by tufted grasses of the genera Agrostis, Andropogon, Chionochloa, Deschampsia, Festuca, Koeleria, Pentameris and Poa. The grasslands are...
    1 KB (126 words) - 15:45, 1 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Cortaderia
    species see Austroderia Chionochloa Chusquea Phragmites Cortaderia archboldii - Chionochloa archboldii Cortaderia conspicua - Chionochloa conspicua Cortaderia...
    17 KB (1,719 words) - 02:03, 28 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Agrostis
    Achnatherum, Aira, Alloteropsis, Apera, Arundinella, Calamagrostis, Chionochloa, Chloris, Cinna, Colpodium, Crypsis, Cynodon, Deschampsia, Dichelachne...
    22 KB (1,797 words) - 12:00, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Takahē
    scrub. It eats grass, shoots, and insects, but predominantly leaves of Chionochloa tussocks and other alpine grass species. The South Island takahē can...
    41 KB (4,484 words) - 02:55, 27 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Megacraspedus calamogonus
    include Austroderia richardii, Chionochloa flavescens, Chionochloa macra, Chionochloa pallens, Chionochloa rigida and Chionochloa rubra. Wikimedia Commons has...
    3 KB (247 words) - 02:39, 27 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Erechthias hemiclistra
    reared this moth from caterpillars and cocoons in the flower stems of Chionochloa conspicua at Makara. The adults emerged in November and February. The...
    3 KB (188 words) - 07:34, 26 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Orocrambus mylites
    fascia. Adults are on wing from December to February. The larvae feed on Chionochloa australis. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Orocrambus mylites...
    2 KB (187 words) - 02:58, 27 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Auckland Island
    aspect and degree of the slope. The rata forest may extend into the Chionochloa tussock grasslands but in most places merges into a thick band of low...
    28 KB (2,520 words) - 11:58, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Orocrambus thymiastes
    habitat that consists of boggy areas. This species is associated with Chionochloa rubra. The wingspan is 18–23 mm. Wikimedia Commons has media related...
    2 KB (166 words) - 02:26, 28 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tongariro National Park
    (around 150 km2), consisting mainly of New Zealand red tussock grass (Chionochloa rubra), inaka, curled leaved neinei (Dracophyllum recurvum), wire rush...
    23 KB (2,535 words) - 04:54, 13 September 2024
  • helleborine, an orchid species found in Europe, north Africa and parts of Asia Chionochloa rubra, the red tussock, a plant species endemic to New Zealand Clathrina...
    571 bytes (100 words) - 21:43, 18 October 2015
  • Thumbnail for Flora of New Zealand
    Australopyrum, 1 species Elymus, 7 species Stenostachys, 3 species Danthonieae Chionochloa, 22 species Cortaderia (Toetoe), 5 species Pyrrhanthera, 1 species Rytidosperma...
    13 KB (1,060 words) - 20:15, 12 August 2024
  • of its larvae in the wild. Larvae have been reared on species in the Chionochloa genus. Adults are on the wing from December to February and are attracted...
    4 KB (468 words) - 02:22, 27 July 2024
  • 1080/0028825X.1973.10430299. ISSN 0028-825X. pdf Chionochloa flavescens Zotov, New Zealand J. Bot. i. 97 (1963). Chionochloa antarctica (Hook.f.) Zotov, New Zealand...
    5 KB (507 words) - 05:49, 4 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Danthonioideae
    tribe Danthonieae: Austroderia, Capeochloa, Chaetobromus, Chimaerochloa, Chionochloa, Cortaderia (syn. Lamprothyrsus), Danthonia, Geochloa, Merxmuellera,...
    5 KB (430 words) - 23:12, 2 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C)
    Gentianales St G Chionanthus snow-white flowers Oleaceae Lamiales CS G Chionochloa snow grass Poaceae Poales Ba G Chionophila snow-loving (the habitat)...
    93 KB (772 words) - 09:58, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ichneutica ceraunias
    to the bottom of the South Island. Hosts of the larvae are species of Chionochloa and Festuca. This colourful moth is variable in appearance and can be...
    6 KB (667 words) - 02:21, 27 July 2024
  • Carmichaelia juncea, a New Zealand broom Ceropegia juncea, a lantern flower Chionochloa juncea, a tussock grass Chondrilla juncea, a noxious weed Conostylis...
    469 bytes (81 words) - 01:19, 18 February 2022
  • Thumbnail for Danthonia
    classified under Danthonia are now included in Amphibromus, Astrebla, Chionochloa, Joycea, Karroochloa, Monachather, Merxmuellera, Notodanthonia, Plinthanthesis...
    7 KB (539 words) - 23:49, 25 October 2023