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For more details visit: http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1408
For more details visit: http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1408


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Spikelet.  Fruiting occurs October - May
Spikelet.  Fruiting occurs October - May[[File:Carex forsteri Bush sedge 2 .JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]


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Latest revision as of 11:47, 24 September 2019

Kingdom: Plantae
Superphylum: Tracheophyta
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species: C. forsteri
Binominal name: Carex forsteri
Synonyms: Carex recurva, Carex punctulata, Carex semiforsteri
Common name: Bush sedge

Carex forsteri is an endemic sedge of New Zealand that is usually found in coastal to montane (rarely subalpine) areas. Its habitat is dense forests within high rainfall areas where it grows in wet seepages. In the North Island common south of Auckland, in the South Island common in Marlborough Sounds and on the Banks Peninsula, otherwise sporadic in its occurrences and not recorded from Westland or Fiordland. It usually has a maximum height of 0.8 m.

For more details visit: http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1408

Carex forsteri Bush sedge 1 .JPG

Carex forsteri Bush sedge 3 .JPG

Spikelet.  Fruiting occurs October - MayCarex forsteri Bush sedge 2 .JPG


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