Konrad Wothe / Red Tussock (Chionochloa rubra), South Island, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) juveniles lounging in tussock grass, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Southern royal albatross {Diomedea epomophora} on nest amongst tussock grass, Campbell Island, New Zealand. November.

Colin Monteath / Dawn light across tussock grass hills above Matukituki River and Black Peak and Mount Aspiring near Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand

Konrad Wothe / Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) chicks resting on tussock grass nest, Falkland Islands

Konrad Wothe / Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) sitting amid tussock grass, Falkland Islands

Stephen Belcher / Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) feeding on tussock grass, Codfish Island, New Zealand

Laurie Campbell / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) leveret hiding in grass tussock, Cairngorms, Scotland, June

Ingo Arndt / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) feeding on tussock grass, Jason Harbor, South Georgia Island

Ingo Arndt / Old cemetery during high winds, Prince Olav Harbour, South Georgia Island

Colin Monteath / Tussock grass (Poa flabellata) and Rangitata River looking towards Erewhon Station and Mt D'Archiac, near Mt Potts Station, Canterbury, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Hiker descends hill of Tussock Grass (Poa flabellata) above Lake Heron Station, Canterbury, New Zealand

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) and Rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) colonies amongst the Tussock grass on West Point Island, Falkland Islands.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Mountains seen across the Bay of Isles and the Tussock grass (Poa flabellata) of Prion Island, South Georgia, 2009.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) and Rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) colonies amongst the Tussock grass on West Point Island, Falkland Islands.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Pair of Imperial shags / Blue eyed cormorants(Phalacrocorax atriceps) nesting on Tussock Grass (Poa flabellata). Godthul, South Georgia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) and Rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) colonies amongst the Tussock grass on West Point Island, Falkland Islands.

Ingo Arndt / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) pup resting on tussock grass, Prion Island, South Georgia Island

Colin Monteath / Mount Taranaki reflected in small tarn on slopes of Pouakai Range, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) in tussock grass, Tumbledown Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Mount Taranaki from Pouakai Range, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Red Tussock (Chionochloa rubra) grass, Mossburn, central Otago, New Zealand

Peter Bassett / Wandering Albatross pair (Diomedea exulans) at nest site in tussock grass, Bird Island, South Georgia

Colin Monteath / Tussock Grass (Poa flabellata) covered in frost with Torlesse Range behind, Castle Hill Basin, Canterbury, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Tussock Grass (Poa flabellata) landscape near Lake Alexandrina with lone tree, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sven Zacek / Wetlands landscapes with Tussock cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) Sweden, Scandinavia

Sven Zacek / Wetlands and forest landscape with tussock grass, Sweden, Scandinavia, Summer.

Sven Zacek / Wetlands and forest landscape with tussock grass, Sweden, Scandinavia, Summer.

Hiroya Minakuchi / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) pups calling amid tussock grass, South Georgia Island

Pete Oxford / Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) on nest in tussock grass, West Point Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Pot used to boil penguins or seals for their oil amid tussock grass, it took eight penguins to make a gallon of oil, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) female in tussock grass, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Ingo Arndt / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) in tussock grass, Gold Harbor, South Georgia Island

Pete Oxford / Two Sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) amongst Tussock Grass (Poa flabellata) Kidney Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / White-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) on nest amongst Tussock grass, Kidney Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Tussock grass (Poa flabellata) Kidney Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) amongst Tussock grass (Poa flabellata) Kidney Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Tussock Grass (Poa flabellata) Kidney Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Hut, originally tussock grass-cutters hut but now used for research workers, Kidney Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Two White-chinned petrels (Procellaria aequinoctialis) on nests amongst Tussock grass, Kidney Island, Falkland Islands

Suzi Eszterhas / Antarctic Fur Seal {Arctocephalus gazella} large bull resting on tussock grass, Grytviken, South Georgia

Kevin Schafer / Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) in underground burrow, New Island, Falkland Islands

Colin Monteath / Antarctic Hairgrass (Deschampsia antarctica), Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, off tip of Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) pair mating among tussock grasses during breeding period in spring, Prion Island, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) chick sitting alone on nest in tussock grass in early spring, Prion Island, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) chick sitting alone on nest in tussock grass, Prion Island, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) chick flapping wings on nest in tussock grass, Prion Island, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) pair at nest, Prion Island, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull roaring in tussock grass, Cooper Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica) standing in snow among tussock grass, Prion Island, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica) standing in snow among tussock grass, Prion Island, South Georgia Island

Jan Vermeer / Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) nesting in tussock grass landscape, Campbell Island, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) pair in tussock grass, Cooper Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) group in tussock grass, Cooper Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) in tussock grass, Cooper Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica

Tui De Roy / Hooker's Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri), young bull searching for females hiding in tussock grass, Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, sub-Antarctic New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) pair courting in tussock grass, Campbell Island, sub-Antarctica New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) pair courting in tussock grass at sunset, Campbell Island, sub-Antarctica New Zealand Subantarctic

Rick Tomlinson / Fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in the grass tussock and a group of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) on the shoreline, with SY "Adele" anchored in the distance. Prion Island, South Georgia, Februa...

Rick Tomlinson / An adult fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) in the grass tussock and a group of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) on the shoreline, with SY "Adele" anchored in the distance. Prion Island, South Georgia...

David Kjaer / Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) perched on grass tussock, Derbyshire, England

Theo Allofs / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) resting head on tussock grass, South Georgia Island

Suzi Eszterhas / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) 1 to 2 week old pup in tussock grass, Prion Island, South Georgia

Suzi Eszterhas / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) 1 to 2 week old pup in tussock grass, Prion Island, South Georgia

Suzi Eszterhas / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) 1 to 2 week old pup in tussock grass, Prion Island, South Georgia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) young male on beach, entangled in green fishing net, deadly marine debris floating in all oceans, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Conv...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) spreading wings in courtship display, during early fall mating season, Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) adults courting in overgrown tussock grass, one sky calling, early fall mating season, Prion Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) adults displaying, courting during mating season, early fall, Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) adults, one sky calling, displaying, courting during mating season, early fall, Prion Island, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) among tussock grasses near large rookery, early fall, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) parents interact with their downy grey chick sitting in nest, in verdant tussock covered rock cliffs, summer breeding season, Elsehul, South Georgia Is...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) chick sits in nest in verdant tussock covering rock cliffs of Elsehul, late summer, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Kerstin Hinze / Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax cyanocephalus) in Tussock grass on cliff, with chicks in nest, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean

Colin Monteath / Tussock Grass on the slopes of Mt Roy above Lake Wanaka, autumn, Central Otago, New Zealand

Shin Yoshino / Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) sitting among tussock grass, Cradle Mountain, Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia

Flip de Nooyer / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) in tussock grass, Elsehul Bay, South Georgia Island

Jan Vermeer / Hare's-tail Cottongrass or Sheathed Cottonsedge (Eriophorum vaginatum) in evening light, circumboreal species

Jim Brandenburg / Dove (Columbidae) eggs hidden under tussock grass, North America

Tui De Roy / Antipodes Parakeet (Cyanoramphus unicolor) portrait in tussock grass, Antipodes Island, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli) stretching wings amid tussock grass, Antipodes Island, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Megaherb (Anisotome antipoda) plants in full bloom amid tussock grass along rugged north coast, Antipodes Island, sub-Antarctica New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) lone adult sits on a rock among Tussock Grass, Prion Island, South Georgia Island

Pete Oxford / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) standing in tall Tussock Grass, Paramo habitat, Cotopaxi National Park, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) bull in tussock grass, Gold Harbor, South Georgia Island

Tui De Roy / Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) group commuting up stream bed to tussock grass nesting colony, Macquarie Island, Australia

Tui De Roy / Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) group commuting up stream bed to tussock grass nesting colony, Macquarie Island, Australia

Tui De Roy / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) pair in tussock grass, Gold Harbor, South Georgia Island

Tui De Roy / Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) incubating on tussock grass nest, Campbell Island, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) guarding chick in tussock grass nest, Campbell Island, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) at nest in tussock grass, Diego Ramirez Island, Chile

Tui De Roy / Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) courting couple at nest in tussock grass, Diego Ramirez Island, Chile

Tui De Roy / Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) nesting on tussock grass, Diego Ramirez Island, Chile

Tui De Roy / Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) nesting on tussock grass, Diego Ramirez Island, Chile

Albert Aanensen / Alpine Tussock grass (Chionochloa sp) Mt Cook NP, New Zealand

Albert Aanensen / Alpine tussock grass (Chionochloa sp.) Mount Cook NP, New Zealand