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Carex secta - Purei, makura 
Green swamp tussock. Can form a mop of foliage above a 1m trunk. Prefers damp sun but also tolerates dry shade.
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Carex solandri
Frequently growing in open damp sites it will tolerate dry forest conditions. It has drooping fresh green leaves. Useful for planting stream banks although not rhizomatous.
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Other
Carex species
Unknown species
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Carex spinirostris
This Carex is similar to C. dissita but has long narrow brown seed heads and slightly darker green leaves. Very attractive tufted, dark green sedge of high fertility sites in shaded coastal forest.
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Carex subdola
Generally found in permanently wet areas. It can colonise by spreading rhizomes creating green swards. Seed heads similar to Carex secta but shorter and chunkier.
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Carex tenuiculmis - Thin culm red sedge
Perhaps among the most handsome of carex. Forms a large tussock with fine red bronze foliage. Sun and moist soils.
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Carex ternaria
Bright green tussocks with a creeping rhizome. Damp or swampy ground. Stabilises stream banks. Very similar to C.lessoniana.
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Carex testacea - Orange sedge
A most popular fine-leafed tussock with light green foliage turning bright orange in sun. Prefers sun and drier soils.
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Carex trifida - Tataki
Wide-leaved pale-green tussock. Coastal and swamps. Creeping rhizome in sun or semi-shade.
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Carex uncifolia
Small red grass with tidy and compact foliage. Prefers moist, well-drained soil. A species of damp seepages, open wetlands and damp turf within tussock grassland. Also abundant in damp sites overlying ultramafic rocks.
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Carex ventosa
A rare species from the Chatham islands. A robust clumper that is vivid green, non cutty and has nice drooping leaves. Good for under trees and around houses.
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Carex virgata
Vigorous clumping fine-leaved, sharp edged, bright green tussock. A successful coloniser in dry and damp areas.
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Carex wakatipu
This is a plant with potential. It has orange/green leaves up to 2 cm wide, erect and clump forming. Seems not to like water. Fast growing.
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Ground Cover
Carmichaelia appressa - Appressed broom
Prostrate, fast-growing shrub. Excellent in rockgardens or retainer walls where drainage is good. Dense white flowers with purple streaks. Endemic. South Island, Kaitorete Spit.
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Shrub
Carmichaelia arenaria - Punakaiki Broom
Compact on the coast, taller in cultivation. Small purple and white flowers with a weeping habit. Now perhaps known as C.australis.
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Tree
Carmichaelia australis - Common Native Broom
Very open tree. Leafless with small purple flowers (summer). Hardy. This form has broader stems than most. Fast-growing, and perfect for pool sides.
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Shrub
Carmichaelia australis var. arenaria
This narrow branched, leafless shrub is from Nelson. It grows fast and has tiny mauve pea like flowers. A nice textural plant. Flowers are good for native bees.
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Other
Carmichaelia compacta
A tighter growth form than many native tree brooms. Grows naturally in Central Otago on loose rocky schist. Purple flowers.
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Other
Carmichaelia corrugata
Grows on sparsely vegetated gravel river terraces from Marlborough to Otago.
Rhizomatous growth form develops clumps 1m across. Purple flowers.
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Tree
Carmichaelia cunninghamii
Very open tree. Leafless with small purple flowers (summer). Hardy.
Now combined with C.australis.
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