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Kōrero: Pastures

Hills covered with browntop

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Hills covered with browntop

Hill country pastures in New Zealand are either dominated by browntop grass or have a high proportion present. It is easy to see how it got its name – from a distance the seed heads appear to form an almost-continuous brown cover.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Melanie Lovell-Smith

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Deric Charlton, Pastures – Other grasses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16348/hills-covered-with-browntop (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Deric Charlton, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.