The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

TUSSAC GRASS

Tussac Grass or tussock grass (Aira caespitosa, Festuca fllabellata and Dactylis coespitosa) is a large growing hardy perennial grass of the order Gramineae native to the Falkland Islands, from where it was introduced to Scotland and other parts of Britain as a cattle food. It grows to a height of two metres with long tapering, leathery leaves, stout, smooth leafy stems and flowers borne in a plume-like cluster, many-branched bearing shining purplish spikelets.
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