The Flora, Vegetation, and Soils of Macquarie Island |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Origin of the Flora | 15 |
Description of the Vegetation | 32 |
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Acaena Agrostis Agrostis magellanica Amendments to description antarctica Auckland Azorella selago alliance Azorella selago association Azorella selago cushions biotic factors birds Callitriche Callitriche antarctica Cardamine corymbosa Carex trifida Cheeseman 1925 Co-D Colobanthus crassifolius Colobanthus muscoides Coprosma Cotula plumosa Crassula moschata Described by Cheeseman diameter dominated Drepanocladus aduncus dry tundra soils eaten by rabbits ecotone ecotone communities Effect of biotic feet Festuca erecta flats flora Floral biology flowers formed frequently gravel grazing Gregariousness growing Habitat Hemicryptophyte highmoor peats Iles de Kerguelen inches long Juncus Juncus scheuchzerioides layer Leaf type leaves Macquarie Island Morphology mosses Myriophyllum elatinoides occasionally occurs penguins Phenology Pleurophyllum hookeri alliance Pleurophyllum hookeri association Poa annua Poa foliosa alliance Poa foliosa association raised beach terrace Ranunculus biternatus rarely Scirpus aucklandicus sea elephants seeds Seral communities slopes Stilbocarpa polaris sub-association surface Tierra del Fuego tussocks vegetation VR VR water table wind exposure wind velocities Zealand