Cutty Grass

	Cutty Grass Cutty grass is a common name for several grasses with sharp leaves which may inflict cuts: ''Austroderia'' ' ''Cyperus ustulatus'', native to New Zealand ''Ficinia spiralis'' ''Gahnia grandis'' (syn. ''Cladium psittacorum'') ''Gahnia setifola ''Gahnia'' (sawsedge, saw-sedge) is a genus of sedges native to China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and a number of Pacific Islands. The common name is due to the toothed margins. It often forms tussocks. Species Accepted ... '' {{Plant common name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Austroderia ''Austroderia'' is a genus of five species of tall grasses native to New Zealand, commonly known as toetoe.Toetoe hosted on the NZ Landcare research Maanaki Whenua website. Page accessed 20 November 2010. The species are ''A. toetoe'', ''A. fulvida'', ''A. splendens'', ''A. richardii'' and ''A. turbaria''. They were recently reclassified in 2011 from the genus '' Cortaderia '', although their distinctiveness had been recognized as early as 1853.Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von 1853. Synopsis Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cyperus Ustulatus ''Cyperus ustulatus'', also known as giant umbrella-sedge or coastal cutty grass is a species of sedge native to New Zealand. ''C. ustulatus'' generally grows in coastal or lowland areas near water in the North Island and on the Kermadec Islands. The leaves are wide, shiny and folded. It produces long, dark brown seed heads after flowering in summer. The seed heads are held by a cluster of leaves at the top of the plant. The Māori name for the plant is ''toetoe upoko-tangata''. The word ''toetoe'' by itself generally refers to ''Austroderia'' which are in Poaceae, a different family. Alongside cattails (''Typha orientalis'', called ''raupō'' in the Maori language), it was a material used in traditional Māori kite A kite is a tethered heavier than air flight, heavier-than-air or lighter-than-air craft with wing surfaces that react against the air to create Lift (force), lift and Drag (physics), drag forces. A kite consists of wings, tethers and anchors. ...-making. See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ficinia Spiralis ''Ficinia spiralis'' (pīngao, pīkao, or golden sand sedge) is a coastal sedge endemic to New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands). Originally widespread, it has suffered severely from competition with introduced marram grass and animal grazing and now has only a patchy distribution. Description Pīngao is a stout, grass-like plant, 30–90 cm tall, from the sedge family, found on active sand dunes. It is found only in New Zealand and is easily distinguished from other dune species such as spinifex or marram grass. Seen from a distance, pīngao patches have a distinctive orange hue. Most plants produce long, prostrate, tough rope-like stolons that creep along the sand surface until buried by shifting sand, leaving just the upper portion of leaves exposed. Some southern South Island populations produce dense tussock-like plants without extensive stolons. Numerous tough, roughly textured leaves are borne in dense tufts on well-spaced, short, upright stems (tillers), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Gahnia Grandis ''Gahnia grandis'' is a tussock-forming perennial plant found in southeastern mainland Australia and Tasmania. Originally described by botanist Jacques Labillardière as ''Scleria grandis'' in 1800, it was placed in its current genus by S. T. Blake in 1969. In Tasmania, ''Gahnia'' is the most widely seen genus, with seven native species. Six of these species are very large, erect graminoids with sharp-edged leaves resembling a razor, hence the common names cutting grass and cutty grass. Description ''Gahnia grandis'' is a perennial tussock-forming sedge growing to 1–3 × 2–3m tall. The flowering stems are stout, often sprawling before becoming erect. The sharp-edged leaves are flat, brown-sheathed, and channelling to a 2.5m long, narrow, spiral stem. The inflorescences emerge from a long, tangled stem with weeping leaves. The stems (culms) are stout, 1–3 m high and c. 2–10 mm in diameter, often sprawling for 1–2 m from their base. It is widespread throughout Tasm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]