The results of excessive horse grazing. Tall tussocks are replaced by short tussocks and a mat of Hieracium takes over. This area in the Awapatu basin in the northern Army area is the last bastion of hard tussock grassland and has the resilience to recover if grazing pressure is removed.
GEOFF ROGERS
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Forest and Bird, Issue 280, 1 May 1996, Page 25
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52The results of excessive horse grazing. Tall tussocks are replaced by short tussocks and a mat of Hieracium takes over. This area in the Awapatu basin in the northern Army area is the last bastion of hard tussock grassland and has the resilience to recover if grazing pressure is removed. GEOFF ROGERS Forest and Bird, Issue 280, 1 May 1996, Page 25
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