Ficinia spiralis
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Ficinia spiralis is a coastal sedge endemic to New Zealand. Originally widespread, it has suffered severely from competition with introduced marram grass and animal grazing and now has only a patchy d
Pingao Tauperikaka
1895 botanical illustration by Sydney Parkinson
Pīngao growing at Waitutu Beach, Fiordland National Park
A katipō spider living in pīngao
Ammophila (plant)
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Ammophila is a genus of flowering plants consisting of two or three very similar species of grasses. The genus name Ammophila originates from the Greek words ἄμμος, meaning "sand", and φίλος, meaning
Ficinia spiralis
…coastal sedge endemic to New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands). Originally widespread, it has suffered severely from competition with introduced marram grass and animal grazing and now has only a patchy distribution. Pīngao is a stout, grass-like plant, 30–90 cm (12–35 in) tall, from the sedge family, found…
Helmgras kijkduin februari 2005
A single leaf of marram grass, showing the rolled leaf which reduces water loss