''Carex buchananii'', common names Buchanan's sedge, cutty grass, is a species of
sedge (in the
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
family). It is endemic to New Zealand, being found on both the North and South Islands.
[
It has no synonyms according to ]Plants of the world online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...
,[ but two according to the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network][
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Description
It is a reddish-brown, densely tufted sedge.[
It flowers from October to December and fruits from November to June][ and the nuts are dispersed by granivory and wind.][
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Distribution & habitat
It is uncommon in the North Island, being found south of the Manawatu. In the South Island it is found more widely but has not been found in Westland and Fiordland. It is found from the coast to the mountains (to an altitude of 1000 m) growing on beaches and lake and stream margins.[
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Conservation status
Assessments under the New Zealand Threat Classification System
The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand.
The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some ...
(NZTCS), declared it to be "Not Threatened" in 2013, but in 2017 to be "At Risk - Declining" (Dec).[
In the UK it is naturalised and considered an invasive species.][
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Taxonomy & naming
It was first described in 1880 by Sven Berggren,
References
External links
''Carex buchananii'' New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
''Carex buchananii'' occurrence data
from GBIF
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buchananii
Plants described in 1885
Taxa named by Donald Petrie
Flora of New Zealand
Plants described in 1880
Taxa named by Sven Berggren