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Apodasmia similis (jointed wire rush)

Synonyms: Leptocarpus similis (homotypic); Leptocarpus simplex var. fasciculatus

Wikipedia Abstract

Apodasmia similis, also known as oioi or jointed wire rush, is a plant that is endemic to New Zealand. It is a coastal plant but is also found around peat bogs and hot springs. It flowers from October to December and bears fruit from December to March.
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Attributes

Flower Type [2]  Dioecious
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Structure [1]  Herb
Usage [2]  Used for thatching houses, this is the best species in New Zealand for this purpose;
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Predators

Anas aucklandica (Auckland Teal)[3]
Anas chlorotis (brown teal)[4]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4The diet of brown teal (Anas chlorotis), Suzanne J. Moore, Phil F. Battley, Ian M. Henderson and Colin J. Webb, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (2006) 30(3): 397-403
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0