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Flax

Phormium tenax

Description:

This is flax in New Zealand, thousands of tons of this plant was used to make rope for the British Navy. Will have to find a photo showing the whole plant. This is a totally different plant from the European flax which is Linum.

Habitat:

In wet swampy areas. Large areas of the West Coast of both Islands had large swamps covered in this plant.


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Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand

Lat: -39.02, Long: 177.89

Spotted on Dec 25, 2010
Submitted on Dec 11, 2011

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