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Adventures of a plant nerd south of Australia

Tag: Subantarctic

Land of the megaherbs

Posted onMarch 20, 2015August 6, 2016

There are no trees. No shrubs even. The tallest plants areĀ  ‘megaherbs’, which can just reach over head height. This is the unusual assemblage of plants which inhabit Macquarie Island. In contrast to the Northern Hemisphere tundra where low-growing shrubs Read More …

CategoriesSubantarcticTagsbiogeography, flora, Macquarie Island, Subantarctic

Who? What? Where? Why? How?

Posted onMarch 16, 2015August 6, 2016

I’m a postgrad student at the University of Tasmania, studying plant ecology in alpine and Subantarctic environments. My studies focus on Macquarie Island, half way between Australia and Antarctica. (More about me here). Why travel for days across the notorious Read More …

CategoriesSubantarcticTagsMacquarie Island, Subantarctic

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