Carex ventosa
Carex ventosa, also known as Chatham Islands forest sedge, is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to the Chatham Islands. Description The sedge has a stout and quite leafy habit with a short and erect rhizome typically with a width of about and is found to grow mostly in well drained soils. It has smooth culms that can be scabrous below the inflorescence. The culms have a triangular cross-section and a length that is usually but can be as long as and a width of and are surrounded at the base by drown coloured sheaths. The pale green to light grey-green double folded leaves are usually as long as or slightly longer than the culms and have a width of and have rough margins. The inflorescences contain 7 to 15 spikes and are in length. Taxonomy It was described by the botanist Charles Baron Clarke in 1906 as a part of the work Manual of the New Zealand Flora. The type specimen was collected by Henry Travers from Chatman Island. It has only one synonym; Carex mcclurgii as described by Petrie. Distribution The species is endemic to the Chatham Islands, and is found