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Alpine tuftrush or Ibrang`rank
Oreobolus pumilio
About
Oreobolus pumilio, commonly known as alpine tuftrush or Ibrang`rank, is a small mat forming herb which is distributed throughout the Australasian region. It is a relative of the sedge. It is often found in cushion plant communities, in alpine environments, where it is a dominant species. As a cushion plant, it is an ecological engineer and enables other species to grow in the alpine herblands to which it is native to.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Oreobolus pumilio
- Slug
- oreobolus-pumilio
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Oreobolus
- Species
- pumilio
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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