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Catapodium rigidum

Ngaio Gorge, Wellington.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 08/01/2007, 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>

Spikelets. Ngaio Gorge, Wellington.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 08/01/2007, 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>

Spikelet. Ngaio Gorge, Wellington.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 08/01/2007, 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>

Ligule. Ngaio Gorge, Wellington.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 08/01/2007, 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>

Wanganui. Nov 2006.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Wanganui railyard.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 02/11/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Whangapoua, October.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Catapodium rigidum.<br>Photographer: Mike Thorsen, Licence: All rights reserved. <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

hard grass

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Grasses

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Poaceae

Authority

Catapodium rigidum (L.) C.E.Hubb.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1896

Origin

Eurasia

Other information

Etymology

rigidum: Stiff

NVS code

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

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