Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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Carpha (Cyperaceae) 4b:87
Carpha is represented by only three species in Tasmania (all native), but is often the dominant genus in sedgy subalpine and alpine vegetation. It is rather grass-like in habit (tufted and growing to perhaps 15cm tall), but the leaves tend to rather tougher than most grasses (although it may easily be confused with alpine Danthonia species). The distinctive feature is the fruit, which has three to six feathery bristles that facilitate wind dispersal of the fruit.
 

 
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