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    This document describes Acaena magellanica, a perennial plant native to southern South America and subantarctic islands. It has creeping stems up to 14 cm high and bears globular flower heads followed by prickly seed heads. The plant covers the ground densely in some areas but has been impacted by introduced species.

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    Acaena magellanica

    Acaena magellanica, commonly called buzzy burr or greater burnet, is a


    species of flowering plant whose range includes the southern tip of South
    Acaena magellanica
    America and many subantarctic islands.

    Contents
    Description
    Distribution and habitat
    Ecology
    References Leaves and seed-heads

    Scientific classification
    Kingdom: Plantae
    Description
    (unranked): Angiosperms
    Acaena magellanica is a perennial, mat-forming plant with creeping stems, up to
    14 cm (6 in) high. The leaves are oblong to linear-lanceolate, with 5 to 10 pairs of (unranked): Eudicots
    ovate leaflets. The flower heads are globular and grow on wiry stems well clear of (unranked): Rosids
    the foliage. They are followed by brown, prickly seed heads; the seeds have small
    .[1]
    hooks which enables them to adhere to clothing, feathers or fur
    Order: Rosales
    Family: Rosaceae
    Distribution and habitat Tribe: Sanguisorbeae
    The species is native to the southern part of South America. Its range includes Genus: Acaena
    Argentina, Chile and various sub-Antarctic islands including the Falkland Islands,
    Species: A. magellanica
    the Kerguelen Islands, the Prince Edward Islands, Crozet Islands, South Georgia
    and the South Sandwich Islands and the Heard Island and McDonald Islands. Its Binomial name
    typical habitat is damp places such as the edge of bogs, the banks of streams, Acaena magellanica
    waterlogged places, meadows and forest margins. It grows from sea level to an (Lam.) Vahl
    altitude of about 4,200 m (13,800 ft).[1]
    Synonyms

    Ecology Ancistrum magellanicumLam.

    In South Georgia, Acaena magellanica may cover the ground in dense patches. It
    is deciduous, and when the leaves are shed, mosses likeTortula robusta, which grows underneath, flourish.[2]

    The Kerguelen Islands are in the Southern Indian Ocean Islands tundra ecoregion which is characterised by tussock grasses, lichens
    and liverworts. A. magellanica is one of the few low forbs that grew here, but the introduction of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus
    cuniculus), which selectively grazes the species it prefers, eliminated many of the native forbs.[3] When the rabbit was eradicated, A.
    magellanica and other forbs failed to recover because years of herbivory had depleted their seed banks, and introduced species such
    as annual meadow grass (Poa annua), mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum) and dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) out-
    competed them.[3]

    References
    1. Marticorena, A.E.; Cavieres. L.A."Acaena magellanica (Lam.) Vahl (Rosaceae)" (http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid
    =S0717-66432000000100011&script=sci_arttext) . Gayana. Botánica (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2016.
    2. Headland, Robert (1992).The Island of South Georgia(https://books.google.com/books?id=lZ04AAAAIAAJ&pg=P
    A2
    03). CUP Archive. p. 203.ISBN 978-0-521-42474-5.
    3. Simberloff, Daniel; Rejmanek, Marcel (2011).Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions(https://books.google.com/books?
    id=hq5uc8O5pDQC&pg=PA332). University of California Press. pp. 332–335.ISBN 978-0-520-94843-3.

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