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Carex brownii

Scattered plants in road through gumland with Schoenus apogon, Ahipara Far North.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 24/10/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Carex brownii - Stanmore Bay.<br>Photographer: Mike Wilcox, Licence: All rights reserved.

Scattered plants in road through gumland with Schoenus apogon, Ahipara Far North.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 24/10/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Scattered plants in road through gumland with Schoenus apogon, Ahipara Far North.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 24/10/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Scattered plants in road through gumland with Schoenus apogon, Ahipara Far North.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 24/10/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Scattered plants in road through gumland with Schoenus apogon, Ahipara Far North.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 24/10/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Scattered plants in road through gumland with Schoenus apogon, Ahipara Far North.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 24/10/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Scattered plants in road through gumland with Schoenus apogon, Ahipara Far North.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 24/10/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Sedges

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Carex brownii Tuck.

Endemic genus

No

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Year naturalised

1906

Origin

Australia, New Guinea, Japan

Other information

Etymology

carex: Latin name for a species of sedge, now applied to the whole group.

Manaaki Whenua Online Interactive Key

Key to indigenous and naturalised Carex in New Zealand