VegetationThe Tristan da Cunha group's varied terrain supports pasture, lowland tussock grass, fern bush, Phylica woodland, grass slopes, and sparsely vegetated ash slopes. |
BotanyTristan da Cunha hosts just 85 or so native flowering plant or fern species, but almost half of those, about 37, are found nowhere else in the world. |
Marine LifeThe waters around the Tristan islands team with numerous species of fish and invertebrates, of which the Crayfish is harvested commercially. |
Whales and DolphinsDetails of species of Cetacea (whales and dolphins) that have been observed around the Tristan da Cunha Islands. |
SealsTwo species of seals breed in the Tristan group: subantarctic fur seals and southern elephant seals. |