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Nature in Tasmania > Plants >  Buttongrass

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​This grass-like plant is found extensively in Tasmania, in particular in higher grounds.

Common name: Buttongrass

Scientific name: Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus​

 From Wikipedia:

Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Gymnoschoenus
Species:
G. sphaerocephalus
Binomial name
Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus
(R.Br.) Hook.f.

Frozen buttongrass

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