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Flax
Phormium tenax
-39.0154, 177.886
Field Notes
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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