1 The land was marshy here, tussocky with reeds, the black peat showing through the heather.

2 Plodding up and down stony paths, crossing tussocky moorland and jumping streams can all make great demands on footwear.

3 At the brink of 400ft sandstone cliffs, tussocky clumps of sea pinks quivered as the waves agitated below.

4 I found a hole 6ft square in the tussocky ground, its edges collapsed, hand-hewn staves jutting from its flooded surface.

5 Most of the external carotid artery branches showing arborization, (5.66%) were tussocky.