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Carex iynx

Specimen from Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/12/2010, 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>

Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/12/2010, 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>

Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/12/2010, 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>

Spikes. Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/12/2010, 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>

Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/12/2010, 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>

Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/12/2010, 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>

Spike. Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/12/2010, 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>

Portion of spike. Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/12/2010, 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>

Base of plant. Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/12/2010, 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>

Leaf bases. Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/12/2010, 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>

Transverse section of leaf. Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 26/12/2010, 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>

Utricle and glume adaxial surface. Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/12/2010, 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>

Glume and utricle abaxial surface. Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/12/2010, 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>

Nut. Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/12/2010, 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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Common names

Australian sedge

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Sedges

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Carex iynx Nelmes

Endemic genus

No

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Year naturalised

1961

Origin

Australia; Tasmania, Victoria

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