DSC_7836 Emeritus Professor Sir Alan Mark has been one of this country's staunchest defenders of the living land. He is seen here in the snow tussock grasslands - his specialist field. Te Papanui Conservation Park, Lammerlaw Range, Otago *
DSC_5194 View up an alpine valley towards Barrier Peak (2039m) during a mast flowering year. The massed seed heads in the foreground, are of flowering Narrow-leaved snow tussock (Chionochloa rigida). Gertrude Valley, Fiordland *
DSC_2575 Tall tussocks (Poa litorosa) and Prickly shield fern (Poliytichum vestitum) border the harbourside turf meadows and elephant seal wallows of Garden Cove. Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Island *
