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Carex horizontalis

Carex horizontalis
Photo: Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
New Zealand (incl. Stewart I.)
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Carex horizontalis, known as bastard grass, hook sedge, or matua in te reo Māori is a species of sedge, endemic to New Zealand. It is not a grass but a sedge.

Where it grows

This species is found on the North Island, South Island, and in the Chatham Islands. It is found in forested areas, and at elevation from 300–1000 m above sea level in the North Island.

Other Carex plants

Carex abitibiana · Indian Valley sedge · Abruptbeak sedge · Thicket sedge · Small Dusky Sedge · Seoul Sedge · Acid Loving Sedge · Carex acocksii · Slender Tufted-sedge · Carex acutata · Lesser pond sedge · Circumpolar sedge

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex horizontalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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