Sentence examples for grass tussocks from inspiring English sources

By contrast, the high plateaus of northern Somalia have wide, grassy plains, with mainly low formations of thorny shrubs and scattered grass tussocks in the remainder of the region.

Grass tussocks protected by surrounding vegetation or large grass tussocks suffered lower graminivory than tussocks in the open or small tussocks.

Most bumblebees make their nests at ground level or below, among moss or grass tussocks, and often in old mouse nests.

This approach yielded ultra-fine (< 1 cm2) spatial resolution canopy height models over landscape-levels (10 ha), which resolved individual grass tussocks just a few cm3 in volume.

Dense vegetation near creeks, thick grass tussocks, and caves are also used as dens.

Concealed in grass tussocks or low shrubs, the spherical nest is constructed of dried grasses and usually lined with smaller, finer grasses and hair.

It may roost in a depression near grass tussock and it will bathe in puddles.

The nest is a shallow cup of grass leaves built in a depression under a grass tussock or small bush.

The female digs a cavity in a dry, sunny area of a bog, and lays her eggs in a grass tussock or on sphagnum moss.

The nest is a shallow cup of grass leaves, sometimes with a loose canopy, built in a depression and hidden under a grass tussock or small bush; it may be on dry ground or slightly raised above standing water, or occasionally floating.

When a large, grass-covered tussock was washed ashore in 1974, scientists took half of it for analysis and discovered 663 land invertebrates, mostly mites and springtails, the great majority of which had survived the crossing.