Tussock synonyms

The nest, under a tussock of grass or a stone, is constructed of short dry straws, and usually lined with hair.

West of the dividing crest they are forest clad; east thereof their stony grimness is but slightly softened by growths of scrub and tussock grass.

The " tussock grass " is a wonderful and most valuable natural production, which, owing to the introduction of stock, has become extinct in the two main islands, but still flourishes elsewhere in the group. It is a reed-like grass, which grows in dense tufts from 6 to 10 ft.

Mountain tops are either rocky, bare or carpeted with tussock grass, above a belt of dense shady Holm Oak forest.