Chionochloa rubra ssp. cuprea

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Chionochloa rubra ssp. cuprea
Copper Tussock Grass

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DERIVATION

Chionochloa	- From the Greek chion (snow) and chloa (grass or young herbage); hence the common name snow grass
rubra	- Red colored
cuprea	- bronzed, coppery, late Latin cuprum (from cyprium aes, Cyprus metal)

FAMILY

Poaceae (Grass Family) Other Plants in the Grass Family

HABIT

Grass/sedge

GROWTH FORM

Clump-forming

RANGE

New Zealand

HARDINESS

USDA Zone 6 (Coldest zone where hardy)

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COMMON NAME(S)

Copper Tussock Grass

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