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New Zealand Flax

Phormium tenax J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.

fruit type

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capsule fruit
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030091

Definition: a fruit which develops from a gynoecium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, dry mesocarp, and dry endocarp that usually dehisce

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geographic distribution

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United States Species List
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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National Wetland Plant List USA
The Hawaiian Islands
URI: http://www.geonames.org/5855811

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USDA Plants data

Hawaii
Japan Species List
Japan
URI: http://www.geonames.org/1861060

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Canada Species List
Canada
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6251999

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habitat

National Wetland Plant List USA
terrestrial
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446

Definition: A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.

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introduced range includes

USDA Plants data
Hawaii
URI: http://www.geonames.org/5855797

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leaf sheddability

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deciduous
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001731

Definition: Deciduous (plant): A quality inhering in a plant by virtue of the bearer's disposition to shed foliage.

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life cycle habit

USDA Plants data
perennial
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073

Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic

Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial

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perennial
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073

Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic

Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial

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plant growth form

USDA Plants data
herb
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142

Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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USDA Plants data
subshrub
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/subshrub

Definition: Low-growing plant usually under 0.5 m (1.5 feet) tall, never exceeding 1 meter (3 feet) tall at maturity.

Attribution: PLANTS Database Growth Habits Codes and Definitions: https://plants.usda.gov/growth_habits_def.html

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