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Wīwī
Wīwī is a common name for several species of New Zealand rushes and sedges whose individual plants grow as a clump with wire-like stems. The name ''wīwī'' has been adopted in English from the Māori language. *''Ficinia nodosa'', knobby club-rush, a sedge native to New Zealand, Australia and South Africa *''Juncus australis'', austral rush, native to New Zealand and Australia *''Juncus edgariae'', Edgar's rush, endemic to New Zealand *''Juncus kraussii'', sea rush, native to New Zealand, Australia, South America and southern Africa *''Juncus pallidus'', giant rush, native to New Zealand and Australia *''Juncus sarophorus ''Juncus sarophorus'', the broom rush or fan-flowered rush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Juncaceae. Native to southeastern Australia, and all of New Zealand except the Kermadec Islands, it also has been introduced to Great Britai ...'', broom rush, native to New Zealand and Australia The name ''wīwī'' is sometimes used for a tussock grass w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ficinia Nodosa
''Ficinia nodosa'', the knotted club-rush or knobby club-rush, is a Rhizome, rhizomatous Perennial plant, perennial in the family Cyperaceae, native to South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Widespread in the Southern Hemisphere, ''Ficinia nodosa'' grows to between 15 and 220 cm in height. Although it grows best in sandy, salty soil, the plant grows in a wide variety of environments from coastal sand dunes to alpine regions. ''F. nodosa''’s appearance is characterised by dense clusters of long green stems topped with small, rounded flowers often remaining throughout the year. Description ''Ficinia nodosa'', a grass-like sedge, grows to roughly 100 cm in height, with its smooth, green-yellow stems spreading up to 200 cm in diameter. The stems themselves grow to between 15 and 100 cm in length and 1 to 2 mm in diameter. The flowers appear as brown-orange clumps just below the tip of the stems, with hemispherical spikelets of 7-20 mm in diameter sitting un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juncus Australis
''Juncus australis'' is a species of rush known by the common names austral rush, leafless rush and wīwī. The species is native to south-eastern Australia and New Zealand, where it can be found around bodies of water. Its habitat is wet or seasonally wet grasslands and woodlands, and it can grow in dense and damp soil along rivers and creeks. It is a rhizomatous perennial rush that grows up to 120 centimetres tall. The plant flowers in clusters, with dense heads at the tip of the stem. Description ''Juncus australis'' grows predominantly in circular clumps, loosely packed and growing in an open habit. The clumps are often formed around one or a few live or dead stems in the centre of the clump, and grow on average 50 centimetres from other clumps. The stems of the plant grow vertically, growing 60–120 cm high. The stems are tough and not easily squashed or broken. The colouration of the culm is relatively dull, with no shine, and ranging from green to blue-green or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juncus Edgariae
''Juncus edgariae'' is a species of rush, commonly called Edgar's rush or wīwī, that is endemic to New Zealand. The species was described in 2001 by Lawrie Johnson and Karen Wilson. It had previously been confused with ''Juncus gregiflorus'', which is now considered endemic to Australia. The species name ''edgariae'' is in honour of New Zealand botanist Elizabeth Edgar. ''Juncus edgariae'' is the most abundant rush species in New Zealand, and is widespread throughout, including the Kermadec and Chatham Islands The Chatham Islands ( ) (Moriori: ''Rēkohu'', 'Misty Sun'; mi, Wharekauri) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about east of New Zealand's South Island. They are administered as part of New Zealand. The archipelago consists of about te .... Found commonly from between the coast to the hills, it is usually located in open shrubland, seasonally wet places or around the edges of wetlands. It has been introduced to Britain. References edgariae Endemic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māori Language
Māori (), or ('the Māori language'), also known as ('the language'), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. Closely related to Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and Tahitian, it gained recognition as one of New Zealand's official languages in 1987. The number of speakers of the language has declined sharply since 1945, but a Māori-language revitalisation effort has slowed the decline. The 2018 New Zealand census reported that about 186,000 people, or 4.0% of the New Zealand population, could hold a conversation in Māori about everyday things. , 55% of Māori adults reported some knowledge of the language; of these, 64% use Māori at home and around 50,000 people can speak the language "very well" or "well". The Māori language did not have an indigenous writing system. Missionaries arriving from about 1814, such as Thomas Kendall, learned to speak Māori, and introduced the Latin alphabet. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juncus Kraussii
''Juncus kraussii'' commonly known as salt marsh rush, sea rush, jointed rush, matting rush or dune slack rush, is of the monocot family Juncaceae and genus Juncus. It grows in salt marshes, estuarine and coastal areas. This species is ideal as a stabiliser in estuary banks and riparian zones that adjoin developed areas; it prevents erosion and also provides an excellent fibre for weaving. The plant is named after a German naturalist and museum curator, Christian Krauss, who travelled to South Africa. Description This species is a tussock shaped perennial with many rhizomes. The leaves are tough, straw shaped and spine-tipped that grow to be - in length with a golden brown or shiny black sheath. The inflorescences or flowers of ''J. kraussii'' are reddish brown to purplish brown in colour, - in length and are clustered toward the end of the stem. The flowers occur clusters of three to six and flowering occurs in Summer between October and January. Distribution a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juncus Pallidus
''Juncus pallidus'', commonly known as the great soft-rush pale rush, giant rush, or leafless rush is a species of rush that is native to southern Australia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and Lord Howe Island. It is a vigorous, tufted, tussock-forming, rhizomatous perennial herb In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal ... with culms growing to 70–135 cm in height. The inflorescence, which is 25–185 mm long, contains many straw coloured flowers, each with six floral segments. It is usually found in moist, nutrient-poor soils subject to periodic flooding, such as fresh and brackish waterways, including swamps, creek banks, lake edges and sand seeps. References pallidus Flora of New South Wales Flora of South Australia Flora of Victoria (Australia) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juncus Sarophorus
''Juncus sarophorus'', the broom rush or fan-flowered rush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Juncaceae. Native to southeastern Australia, and all of New Zealand except the Kermadec Islands, it also has been introduced to Great Britain. A dense tussock-forming perennial of wet areas, and somewhat weedy, its stems reach long but droop so that the plant overall is closer to tall. References sarophorus ''Sarophorus'' is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Ateuchini (subfamily Scarabaeinae) of the family Scarabaeidae.A.B.T. Smith (2006) A Review of the Family-group Names for the Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with Corrections to Nomencl ... Flora of South Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Victoria (Australia) Flora of Tasmania Flora of the North Island Flora of the South Island Flora of the Antipodes Islands Flora of the Chatham Islands Plants described in 1963 {{Poales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poa Cita
''Poa cita'', commonly known as the silver tussock, or wī, which is also the Māori name, is a grass of the family Poaceae that is native to New Zealand. ''Poa cita'' was described and named by Elizabeth Edgar in 1986, having previously being named ''Poa caespitosa''. It is endemic to New Zealand and found throughout most of the country, from the Kermadec Islands to Stewart Island / Rakiura and out to the Chatham Islands, but not known from Raglan to Manawatū in the west of the North Island, except on Mount Taranaki Mount Taranaki (), also known as Mount Egmont, is a dormant stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is the second highest point in the North Island, after Mount Ruapehu. The mountain has a secon .... It grows to 0.3–1.0 metres tall, and sometimes hangs as much as 2 metres long down steep banks. It has very fine, narrow leaves, usually 1–1.5 millimetres and up to 2.5 millimetres wide. Leaf width varies thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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