Volcanic dune system of Rangipo Desert showing widely-spaced Bristle Tussock (Danthonia semiannularis var setifolia (Rytidosperma setifolium) and islands of shrubby vegetation with prominent greeny-yellow Tall Pinatoro (Pimelea buxifolia), Tongariro National Park, North Island Volcanic Plateau, New Zealand
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Volcanic dune system of Rangipo Desert showing widely-spaced Bristle Tussock (Danthonia semiannularis var setifolia (Rytidosperma setifolium) and islands of shrubby vegetation with prominent greeny-yellow Tall Pinatoro (Pimelea buxifolia), Tongariro National Park, North Island Volcanic Plateau, New Zealand
Tussock shrubland and tussockland cover extensive areas of Tongariro National Park. Dominant species include New Zealand Red Tussock grass (Chionochloa rubra), Inaka (Long-Leaved Dragon Leaf) (Dracophyllum longifolium), D. recurvum (Curved Leaf Glass Tree or Neinie), the sedge Empodisma minus (Lesser Wire Rush), Bogrush (Sedge Tussock) (Schoenus pauciflorus), heather and the grasses Festuca novaezelandiae and Poa colensoi.
Rangipo Desert, Tongariro National Park, North Island Volcanic Plateau, Tuarangi, North Island, New Zealand, Australasia
Photo ID: NZN_2342_Tukino_Mountain_Road_Tongariro_National_Park_North_Island_Volcanic_Plateau_(Central_Plateau)_North_Island_NZ_October_14_EA
Photo size: 30.1 Mpixels (86.1 MB uncompressed) - 6720x4480 pixels (22.4x14.9 in / 56.9x37.9 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: barren, Bogrush, botany, Bristle, bush, Chionochloa, colensoi, Curved, Danthonia, desert, Dracophyllum, Dragon, dune, dunes, Empodisma, Festuca, flora, foliage, forest, Glass, Grass, Heritage, Heritage Site, igneous, Inaka, Island, landscape, Leaf, Leaved, Lesser, Long, longifolium, Martin Grace, minus, National, native, natural history, nature, Neinie, New, New Zealand, North, North Island, novaezelandiae, Park, pauciflorus, plant, Plateau, Poa, Poaceae, Poales, Rangipo, recurvum, Red, rubra, Rush, Rytidosperma, sand, scene, scenery, scenic, Schoenus, scrub, sedge, semiannularis, setifolia, setifolium, shrub, Site, Tongariro, tree, trees, Tussock, UNESCO, vegetation, view, viewpoint, volcanic, volcano, wild, wildwood, Wire, wood, woodland, World, Zealand
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