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TUSSOCK [41 records]

Record 1 2025-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Lepidoptera) of the family Erebidae.

Key term(s)
  • Sable Island white marked tussock moth

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des lépidoptères) de la famille des Erebidae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • tussock cotton-grass
  • sheathed cotton-grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • linaigrette à larges gaines

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 3 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Diptera) of the family Culicidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des diptères) de la famille des Culicidae.

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

OBS

purple needlegrass; purple needle grass: common names also used to refer to the species Triraphis mollis.

Key term(s)
  • purple tussock grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

OBS

Nassella pulchra : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 6 2021-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • tussock drop seed
  • lesser drop seed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

OBS

Sporobolus diandrus : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 7 2021-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • mid-rib snow-tussock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

OBS

Chionochloa pallens : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 8 2020-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • Matthews fescue

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille Poaceae.

OBS

Festuca matthewsii : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 9 2020-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille Poaceae.

OBS

Festuca novae-zelandiae : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 10 2020-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille Poaceae.

OBS

Austrofestuca littoralis : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 11 2020-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • anthill tussock grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 12 2020-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • narrow-leaf snow tussock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

OBS

Chionochloa rigida : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 13 2020-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

OBS

Chionochloa rubra : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 14 2020-01-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

OBS

Chionochloa crassiuscula : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 15 2016-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 16 2016-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 17 2016-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 18 2016-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 19 2016-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 20 2016-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 21 2016-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 22 2016-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 23 2016-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 24 2016-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Rusty tussock moth. ... Larvae attack all conifer seedling species. ... These gregarious caterpillars completely denude a seedling before moving on to the next, and can occur in patches of 5-100 styroblocks. ... The adult male is rusty-brown with a white dot and light brown band on each forewing. The female is flightless, sedentary, with light tan hairs covering the body. The population overwinters as white egg masses which can be cemented to the sides and bottoms of styroblocks. They will adhere to the blocks after seedlings have been lifted and blocks washed and stored. Because the eggs are white, they often go unnoticed. Larvae emerge from these egg masses (often on styroblocks) around May, and actively feed on newly emerged seedlings. They are hairy, up to 28 mm long, have two black hair "pencils" projecting forward and one to the rear, four golden brushes of hair on the back, accompanied by eight warty protuberances with yellow and black hairs on each segment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 25 2016-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 26 2014-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 27 2014-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

A clump or tuft, especially of a graminoid.

OBS

graminoid: A grass or grasslike monocot; includes the grass (Poaceae), sedge (Cyperaceae), rush (Juncaceae), cattail (Typhaceae), and arrowgrass (Juncaginaceae) families.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Assemblage dense de carex ou d'herbacées qui forme normalement une petite butte dans un milieu marécageux et tourbeux.

OBS

butte gazonnée : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 28 2013-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Lepidoptera) of the family Noctuidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des lépidoptères) de la famille des Noctuidae.

Spanish

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Record 29 2013-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Lepidoptera) of the family Lymantriidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des lépidoptères) de la famille des Lymantriidae.

Spanish

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Record 30 2013-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Lepidoptera) of the family Noctuidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des lépidoptères) de la famille des Noctuidae.

Spanish

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Record 31 2012-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 32 2011-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect of the family Lymantriidae.

Key term(s)
  • Douglas fir tussock moth

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte de la famille des Lymantriidae.

Spanish

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Record 33 2010-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

palsa: In an area of permafrost, a peat mound, several metres in height, and up to 100 m in diameter, which obtrudes because it is better drained and thus more subject to frost heaving than wetter areas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

[...] on ne peut pas manquer la butte de tourbe, surélevée de deux bons mètres [...] dont les bords effondrés servent d'abri aux moutons.

Spanish

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Record 34 2009-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • tussock alkali grass
  • tussock alkaligrass
  • sheathed alkali-grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 35 2007-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Campanulaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Campanulaceae.

Spanish

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Record 36 2005-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A small dome-shaped uplift of soil caused by the pressure of ground water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Buttes gazonnées de terre.

Spanish

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Record 37 2000-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

A member of the family Lymantriidae, many of which are serious defoliators of forest trees, e.g. the Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar), the Brown-Tail moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea), the Nun moth (Lymantria monacha).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Papillon du groupe des noctuelles tel que les genres orgyia, dasychira, porthesia, euproctis, lymantria, souvent très nuisibles aux arbres fruitiers ou forestiers. (Les lymantriidés forment une famille).

Spanish

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Record 38 1991-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions

Spanish

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Record 39 1989-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
OBS

tussock. A thick tuft or clump of grass, sedge, twigs, etc.

OBS

tundra. A level or undulating treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, marks the limit of arborescent vegetation, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and supports a dense growth of mosses and lichens and of dwarf caespitose herbs and shrubs often with showy flowers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

Minéralisation azotée dans un sol de toundra parsemé de buttes de gazon.

OBS

Équivalent et exemple français tirés de la base de données PASCAL.

Spanish

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Record 40 1986-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions

Spanish

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Record 41 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures

Spanish

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