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Maintaining a Silver tussock (Poa cita) Grassland

Most silver tussock grasslands have been:
  • induced by pastoral management
  • highly modified by pastoral development so are dominated by exotic plants important for stock grazing
An important factor which will determine how an induced temporate short tussock grassland is managed is the degree to which exotic plants dominate the community.

if the grassland is largely dominated by exotic plants

if the grassland has a significant component of native plants



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