Open AccessTUSSOCK GRASSLANDS IN THE SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
Author(s) -
J.M. Hercus
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1954.16.1019
Subject(s) - tussock , grassland , geography , agroforestry , agronomy , environmental science , biology
More than 13 million acres, nearly one-third of the occupied, land of New Zealand, are described, as tussock grassland, and much the greater part of these are in the South Island. Before occupation the area so classified was even more extensive, but many of the more fertile lowland valleys and plains have been successfully cultivated and sown down to improved pastures.