3 - Large, intermingled flat cushion plants are a most typical feature of Tasmania's alpine flora. Most of the species are Asteraceae (e.g. Abrotanella sp.), but there are also small Dracocephalum sp. (Lamiaceae) and Pernettya sp. (Ericaceae) species, with grasses or pockets of Celmisia sp. (Asteraceae) rosettes often finding safe sites on such cushions.
 

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