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Carex secta

Synonyms: Carex appressa var. secta; Carex paniculata var. secta; Carex virgata var. secta

Wikipedia Abstract

Carex secta is a sedge that is endemic to New Zealand. The Māori name is makura amongst others, and it was given the name niggerhead by early European settlers but has fallen out of use because of its racist overtones.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Structure [2]  Grass

Predators

Chinamiris laticinctus[3]
Orocrambus angustipennis[3]

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Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
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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