Sentence examples for tussocks from inspiring English sources

Tussock moth (family Lymantriidae), any of a group of moths (order Lepidoptera), the common name for which is derived from the hair tufts, or tussocks, found on most larval forms.

Breeding pairs prefer to construct burrows into the deep soil underneath tussocks and tall grasses; however, nests are also made under bushes and in rocky areas they scrape clean of vegetation.

The males create hollows in the sand or vegetated slopes or construct nests of tussocks and small rocks on bare ground.

Several coarse species of Carex, including wolf tail (C. cherokeensis) in the southeastern United States and Australian sedge (C. longebrachiata) in New Zealand, are serious pasture weeds that substantially reduce the grazing quality of lands with their tussocks of harsh, inedible foliage.

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.

Higher plants grow in rock crevices and succeed in forming tussocks on patches of soil.

The sheep almost wiped out the tussock grass that provided nesting sites for marine birds.

Most of the 30 or so vessels hoisting the Falklands' flag a British red ensign with a coat-of-arms featuring a ram and tussock grass belong to Spanish fishing companies.

In a number of moth families the females are wingless, although the males are fully winged (bagworm moths [family Psychidae], some tussock moths [family Lymantriidae]).

The park is largely covered in shrubland and pasture, though in the river valleys there are rain forests consisting of beech, rata, matai, miro, hinau, and tussock.

Most nests are made of small stones and pebbles in muddy or gravelly areas; however, some nests can be made among tussock grasses or even on bare rock.