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Ischaemum nativitatis, commonly known as the Christmas Island duck-beak, is a tropical grass in the family Poaceae. It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the north-eastern Indian Ocean. The specific epithet comes from the Latin nativitas ("birth") referring to the birth of Christ, or Christmas, after the name of the island.
The grass occurs sporadically along the northern and western coasts of the island. Habitat types include exposed limestone pinnacles, pockets of coral sand, and near stands of Scaevola taccada and Pandanus nativitatis.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ischaemum nativitatis 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.
