Carex uncinata

Carex uncinata, the Hawai'i birdcatching sedge,^[2] hook grass, hook sedge, bastard grass, kamu or matau-a-maui,^[3] is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae.^[4]

Carex uncinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. uncinata
Binomial name
Carex uncinata L.f.
Synonyms[1]
List Uncinia australis Pers. Carex hamosa Thouars Uncinia scaberrima Nees Uncinia lindleyana Kunth Uncinia rigidula Steud. Uncinia alopecuroides Colenso Uncinia bractata Colenso Uncinia polyneura Colenso Uncinia pedicellata Kük. Uncinia uncinata (L.f.) Kük.

Carex uncinata is native to New Zealand (including the Antipodes), the Society Islands, and Hawaii.^[1] Its natural habitat is from the coast up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft), where it is found in areas ranging from native forest to shrubland.^[3]