herbfield

The principal vegetation communities on Heard Island are tussock grassland, herbfield, and feldmark, with smaller areas of meadow, pool complex and cushion carpet.

Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australia 2008

The ancient, weathered Australian Alps are distinct from neighboring mountains: both the New Zealand Alps and the Tasmanian mountains have sharp, spiky peaks as a result of extensive glaciation and the alpine herbfield element is weakly developed in Tasmanian Mountains because snow cover there is short-lived.

Australian Alps montane grasslands 2008

Alpine vegetation is a mix of short plants no more than a meter in height growing in heathland, grassland, herbfield, and bog communities.

Australian Alps montane grasslands 2008

Ninety-five percent of the land above 600 meters (m) remains covered in tall forest and alpine tussock herbfield.

Nelson Coast temperate forests 2008

Natural tussock herbfield communities are found at higher altitudes on the volcanoes and the adjacent ranges.

Northland temperate forests 2008